Verse Comparison: Song of Solomon 8:9
American Standard Version
If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Amplified® Bible
If she is a wall [discreet and womanly], we will build upon her a turret [a dowry] of silver; but if she is a door [bold and flirtatious], we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
Contemporary English Version
She isn't a wall that we can defend behind a silver shield. Neither is she a room that we can protect behind a wooden door.
Darby English Version
If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver; And if she be a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar.
Good News Bible
If she is a wall, we will build her a silver tower. But if she is a gate, we will protect her with panels of cedar.
King James Version
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
New American Standard Bible
"If she is a wall, We will build on her a battlement of silver; But if she is a door, We will barricade her with planks of cedar."
New International Version
If she is a wall,
we will build towers of silver on her.
If she is a door,
we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
New King James Version
If she is a wall,
We will build upon her
A battlement of silver;
And if she is a door,
We will enclose her
With boards of cedar.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"If she resembles a wall, We will build on her a battlement of silver; But if she resembles a door, We will barricade her with planks of cedar."
Revised Standard Version
If she is a wall, we will build upon her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
Young's Literal Translation
If she is a wall, we build by her a palace of silver. And if she is a door, We fashion by her board-work of cedar.
