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If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/songs/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />If she is a virgin, like a wall, we will protect her with a silver tower. But if she is promiscuous, like a swinging door, we will block her door with a cedar bar. Young Woman<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/songs/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />If 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/songs/8.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver to protect her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/songs/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/songs/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />"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."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/songs/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“If she is a wall, We shall build on her a battlement of silver; But if she is a door, We shall barricade her with planks of cedar.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/songs/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“If she is a wall (discreet, womanly), We will build on her a turret (dowry) of silver; But if she is a door (bold, flirtatious), We will enclose her with planks of cedar.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/songs/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If she is a wall, we will build a silver barricade on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with cedar planks. Woman<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/songs/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If she is a wall, we will build a silver parapet on it. If she is a door, we will enclose it with cedar planks. W<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/songs/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/songs/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/songs/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If she is a wall, we will build a silver barrier around her. If she is a door, we will barricade her with cedar boards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/songs/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If she's a wall, on her we will build a battlement of silver. If she's a door, we will enclose her with planks of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/songs/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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 boards of cedar. </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/songs/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If she <i>be</i> a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she <i>be</i> a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/songs/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />If she <i>is</i> a wall, We will build upon her A battlement of silver; And if she <i>is</i> a door, We will enclose her With boards of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/songs/8.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />If she is a wall, we will build upon her towers of silver: and if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/songs/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. If she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/songs/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. Beloved<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/songs/8.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />If she be a wall, we will build on her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/songs/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/songs/8.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />If she <i>is</i> a wall, we will build upon her a turret of silver; and if she <i>is</i> a door, we will enclose her <i>with</i> boards of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/songs/8.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/songs/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/songs/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If she is a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she is a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/songs/8.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />If shee be a wall, we will builde vpon her a siluer palace: and if she be a doore, we wil keepe her in with bordes of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/songs/8.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />If she be a wall, we shall builde a siluer bulwarke thervpon: yf she be a doore, we shall fasten her with boordes of Cedar tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/songs/8.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />Yf she be a wall, we shal buylde a syluer bollworke there vpon: Yf she be a tower, we shal festen her with bordes of Cedre tre.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/songs/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/songs/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/songs/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If she be a wall, we will build upon her a fortress of silver: and if she is a door we will bind upon her a tablet of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/songs/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If she be a wall: let us build upon it bulwarks of silver: if she be a door, let us join it together with boards or cedar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/songs/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><font color=#008800>If she is a wall, let us build a rampart of silver upon it. If she is a door, let us join it together with boards of cedar.</font><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/songs/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />If she is a wall, we will build up on her battlements of silver, and if she is a door, we will bind upon her a title of cedar<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/songs/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If she be a wall, we will build upon her an upper chamber of silver; and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/songs/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/songs/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />If she is a wall, let us build upon her silver bulwarks; and if she is a door, let us carve for her cedar panels.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/songs/8.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">she</a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346: ḥō·w·māh (N-fs) -- A wall. Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection.">is a wall,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: niḇ·neh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">we will build</a> <a href="/hebrew/2918.htm" title="2918: ṭî·raṯ (N-fsc) -- Encampment, battlement. Feminine of tuwr; a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet.">a tower</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: kā·sep̄ (N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">of silver</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to protect her.</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">she</a> <a href="/hebrew/1817.htm" title="1817: de·leṯ (N-fs) -- A door. From dalah; something swinging, i.e. The valve of a door.">is a door,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6696.htm" title="6696: nā·ṣūr (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- To confine, bind, besiege. A primitive root; to cramp, i.e. Confine.">we will enclose</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">her</a> <a href="/hebrew/3871.htm" title="3871: lū·aḥ (N-msc) -- A tablet, board or plank, a plate. Or luach; from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet, of stone, wood or metal.">with panels</a> <a href="/hebrew/730.htm" title="730: ’ā·rez (N-ms) -- A cedar. From 'araz; a cedar tree.">of cedar.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/songs/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518. 'im (eem) -- if">If</a><a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931. huw' (hoo) -- he, she, it"> she</a><a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346. chowmah (kho-maw') -- a wall"> is a wall</a><a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129. banah (baw-naw') -- to build">, we build</a><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921. al (al) -- upon, above, over"> by</a><a href="/hebrew/2918.htm" title="2918. tiyrah (tee-raw') -- encampment, battlement"> her a palace</a><a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701. keceph (keh'-sef) -- silver, money"> of silver</a><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518. 'im (eem) -- if">. And if</a><a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931. huw' (hoo) -- he, she, it"> she</a><a href="/hebrew/1817.htm" title="1817. deleth (deh'-leth) -- a door"> is a door</a><a href="/hebrew/6696.htm" title="6696. tsuwr (tsoor) -- adversary">, We fashion</a><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921. al (al) -- upon, above, over"> by</a><a href="/hebrew/3871.htm" title="3871. luwach (loo'-akh) -- a tablet, board or plank, a plate"> her board-work</a><a href="/hebrew/730.htm" title="730. 'erez (eh-rez') -- a cedar"> of cedar.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/songs/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="אִם Pc 518"></song2><song3>If</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="הִיא pi3fs 1931"> she</a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="חֹומָה ncfsa 2346"> is a wall</a>,</song3></songrow> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="בנה vqi1cp 1129"><song1> </song1><song2> </song2><song3>we will build</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="כֶּסֶף ncmsa 3701"> a silver</a> <a href="/hebrew/2918.htm" title="טִירָה ncfsc 2918"> parapet</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="עַל_2 Pp 5921"> on</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs"> it</a>.</song3></songrow> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="אִם Pc 518"><song1> </song1><song2> </song2><song3>If</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="הִיא pi3fs 1931"> she</a> <a href="/hebrew/1817.htm" title="דֶּלֶת ncfsa 1817"> is a door</a>,</song3></songrow> <a href="/hebrew/6696.htm" title="צור_1 vqi1cp 6696"><song1> </song1><song2> </song2><song3>we will enclose</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs"> it</a> <a href="/hebrew/730.htm" title="אֶרֶז ncmsa 730"> with cedar</a> <a href="/hebrew/3871.htm" title="לוּחַ ncmsc 3871"> planks</a>.</song3></songrow><song1><b>W</b></song1><song2></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/songs/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518. 'im (eem) -- if">"If</a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346. chowmah (kho-maw') -- a wall">she is a wall,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129. banah (baw-naw') -- to build">We will build</a> <a href="/hebrew/2918.htm" title="2918. tiyrah (tee-raw') -- encampment, battlement">on her a battlement</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701. keceph (keh'-sef) -- silver, money">of silver;</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518. 'im (eem) -- if">But if</a> <a href="/hebrew/1817.htm" title="1817. deleth (deh'-leth) -- a door">she is a door,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6696a.htm" title="6696a">We will barricade</a> <a href="/hebrew/3871.htm" title="3871. luwach (loo'-akh) -- a tablet, board or plank, a plate">her with planks</a> <a href="/hebrew/730.htm" title="730. 'erez (eh-rez') -- a cedar">of cedar."</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/songs/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346. chowmah (kho-maw') -- a wall">If she [be] a wall,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129. banah (baw-naw') -- to build">we will build</a> <a href="/hebrew/2918.htm" title="2918. tiyrah (tee-raw') -- encampment, battlement">upon her a palace</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701. keceph (keh'-sef) -- silver, money">of silver:</a> <a href="/hebrew/1817.htm" title="1817. deleth (deh'-leth) -- a door">and if she [be] a door,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6696.htm" title="6696. tsuwr (tsoor) -- adversary">we will inclose</a> <a href="/hebrew/3871.htm" title="3871. luwach (loo'-akh) -- a tablet, board or plank, a plate">her with boards</a> <a href="/hebrew/730.htm" title="730. 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