Song of Solomon 8:10
in Song of Solomon 8I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
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ASV
I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.
KJV
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
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This verse in Song of Solomon 8
Commentary
10 notes on this verseHence, in the Song of Songs it is said: "I am a wall, and my breasts are towers." The wall is the Church and its towers are the priests, who abound in both the word of nature and moral discipline.
This site's exposition
We have a little sister
on Song of Solomon 8:8-10
The brothers of 1:6 return with a council about their sister: "If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her." She answers for herself, "I am a wall," and adds, "So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace".
This site's exposition
like one who brings peace
Adam Clarke heard her answer from her own story. She had grown to womanhood, found favour in his eyes and married, and her sister should be matched the same way when her time came. John Wesley saw towers standing above a wall as both ornament and defence.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers, etc. I am rightly called a wall, because I am built of living stones, because I am united by the glue of charity, because I am placed upon an immovable foundation, and because I cannot …
A commentator
Robert of TombelaineCommentary on the Song of Songs, Chapter 8 · Written in the 11th century.
proposed
She had her breasts like a tower, from the time she found peace before the Bridegroom; because after she received the spirit of peace under him, she nourished preachers lofty in contemplation and unbending in strength. But what does it mean that he does not …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
O Lord, by thy grace I am what thou wouldst have my sister to be, and therefore humbly hope, according to thy promise to her in that case, thou wilt build upon me a palace of silver. Towers - Which stand out from and above the wall, and are an ornament and defense to it. Then - When by his grace I was made a wall, he was well-pleased with me, and with his own workmanship in me.
I am a wall,....
Then was I in his eyes as one that found favour. See, (1.) What she values herself upon, her having found favour in the eyes of Jesus Christ. Those are happy, truly happy, and for ever so, that have the favour of God and are accepted of him.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
I 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.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Thus Eze 16:46, 61 was fulfilled, both Samaria and the Gentiles being joined to the Jewish gospel Church. favour--rather, "peace." The Gentile Church too is become the Shulamite (So 6:13), or peace-enjoying bride of Solomon, that is, Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace (Ro 5:1;
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Shlomo had a vineyard. This is the congregation of Yisroel, as it is stated, “For the vineyard of Adonoy, Master of Legions, is the house of Yisroel.” 16 Yeshayahu:7.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲנִ֣י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| חוֹמָ֔ה | chomah | [was] a wall | H2346 → | 133 times |
| וְשָׁדַ֖י | veshadai | and breasts my | H7699 → | 24 times |
| כַּמִּגְדָּל֑וֹת | kamigdalot | [are] like <the> towers | H4026 → | 48 times |
| אָ֛ז | ʾaz | then | H227 → | |
| הָיִ֥יתִי | hayiti | I was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְעֵינָ֖יו | veeinav | in view his | H5869 → | 887 times |
| כְּמוֹצְאֵ֥ת | kemotzet | like [one who] finds | H4672 → | 455 times |
| שָׁלֽוֹם׃ פ | shalom | peace | H7965 → |
אֲנִ֣יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
חוֹמָ֔ה[was] a wall
chomahH2346 →133 times
וְשָׁדַ֖יand breasts my
veshadaiH7699 →24 times
כַּמִּגְדָּל֑וֹת[are] like <the> towers
kamigdalotH4026 →48 times
אָ֛זthen
ʾazH227 →
הָיִ֥יתִיI was
hayitiH1961 →3559 times
בְעֵינָ֖יוin view his
veeinavH5869 →887 times
כְּמוֹצְאֵ֥תlike [one who] finds
kemotzetH4672 →455 times
שָׁלֽוֹם׃ פpeace
shalomH7965 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 3:4Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
it leads to
- Luke 2:52
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
- 1 Samuel 2:26
And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
- Romans 14:18
For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
- Psalms 111:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
- Genesis 39:2–4
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
- Luke 2:52
Through
Luke 1:30So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
it leads to
- Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Luke 12:32
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
- Luke 1:13
Where this verse is studied
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About Song of Solomon
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, The Six Days of Creation; Bede, Commentary on the Song of Songs; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Robert of Tombelaine, Commentary on the Song of Songs, Chapter 8.