I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
Parallel translations
- WEB I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.
- BSB I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
- 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 1:30And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
- Isa 60:10And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
- Ezek 16:7I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.
- Prov 3:4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
- Deut 7:7–8The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
- Song 7:7–8This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
- Song 4:5Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
- Eph 1:6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
- 1 Tim 1:16Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
- Gen 6:8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
- Song 7:3–4Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
- Eph 1:8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
- Rom 5:1–10Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
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Christ at the center
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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