I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
Parallel translations
- WEB I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.
- KJV I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
- NKJV I am a wall, And my breasts like towers; Then I became in his eyes As one who found peace.
- NASB ¶“I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
- 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.
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Quick answer
The bride answers that she is a wall, mature and steadfast, and so has found peace in her beloved's eyes. Her chaste integrity has brought her wholeness and favor.
Overview
Declaring herself 'a wall,' the bride affirms that she has kept herself with steadfast faithfulness and is now grown and ready. In her beloved's sight she has found 'peace' a word echoing Solomon's name (shalom) and the contentment of fulfilled love. Her example honors the goodness of self-possessed faithfulness that finds its joy in the right time and the right love.
Cross-references & the web
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- Luke 1:30So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
- Isa 60:10Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
- Ezek 16:7I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
- Prov 3:4Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
- Deut 7:7–8The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
- Song 7:7–8Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.
- Song 4:5Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
- Eph 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- 1 Tim 1:16But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
- Gen 6:8Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
- Song 7:3–4Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
- Eph 1:8that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
- Rom 5:1–10Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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The poetry of covenant love between bride and bridegroom pictures, at its highest, the love of Christ for his church — the Bridegroom who gave himself for his bride.
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