English Standard Version
Song of Songs 8:10
10I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace.
Song of Songs 8:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
- New International Version (NIV)I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I am a wall, And my breasts like towers; Then I became in his eyes As one who found peace.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I was a virgin, like a wall; now my breasts are like towers. When my lover looks at me, he is delighted with what he sees.
Context of Song of Songs 8:10
8We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for? 9If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver, but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace. 11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver. 12My vineyard, my very own, is before me; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
Read all of Song of Songs 8Song of Songs 8:10 word by word
אֲנִ֣י חוֹמָ֔ה וְשָׁדַ֖י כַּמִּגְדָּל֑וֹת אָ֛ז הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינָ֖יו כְּמוֹצְאֵ֥ת שָׁלֽוֹם׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Commentaries on Song of Songs 8:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10I am a wall, and my breasts like towers - I am become marriageable, and I stood in need of the defense I have now in my beloved; and as soon as I was so, and became pleasing in the eyes of my beloved, I was given to him in marriage, and have ever since found favor in his sight. As soon then as my sister is in my state, let a proper match be sought out for her. These expressions show the solicitude which the bride felt for her sister, and in her favor she…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-12Verses 8-12 The church pleads for the Gentiles, who then had not the word of God, nor the means of grace. Those who are brought to Christ themselves, should contrive what they may do to help others to him. Babes in Christ are always seen among Christians, and the welfare of their weak brethren is an object of continual prayer with the stronger believers. If the beginning of this work were likened to a wall built upon Him the precious Foundation and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10I am a wall: The woman states she remained pure for marriage. like towers: The woman uses words of attractiveness (see Song of Solomon 4:4; 7:4, 8) and questions her brothers’ view of her as immature.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. The Gentile Church's joy at its free admission to gospel privileges (Ac 15:30, 31). She is one wall in the spiritual temple of the Holy Ghost, the Hebrew Church is the other; Jesus Christ, the common foundation, joins them (Ep 2:11-22). breasts ... towers--alluding to the silver palace, which the bridal virgins proposed to build on her (So 8:9). "Breasts" of consolation (Is 66:11); faith and love (1Th 5:8); opposed to her previous state, "no breasts"…Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 10I am a wall a strong [wall] in the love of my Beloved.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Song of Songs 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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