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The Song of Songs 8:10

NETBible	*The Beloved:* I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers.¹ Then I found favor² in his eyes.³
NIV © biblegateway Sos 8:10	I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.
NASB © biblegateway Sos 8:10	"I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
NLT © biblegateway Sos 8:10	Young Woman: "I am chaste, and I am now full breasted. And my lover is content with me.
MSG © biblegateway Sos 8:10	Dear brothers, I'm a walled-in virgin still, but my breasts are full--And when my lover sees me, he knows he'll soon be satisfied.
BBE © SABDAweb Sos 8:10	I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers; then was I in his eyes as one to whom good chance had come.
NRSV © bibleoremus Sos 8:10	I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who brings peace.
NKJV © biblegateway Sos 8:10	THE SHULAMITE I am a wall, And my breasts like towers; Then I became in his eyes As one who found peace.
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KJV	I [am] a wall <02346>_, and my breasts <07699> like towers <04026>_: then was I in his eyes <05869> as one that found <04672> (8802) favour <07965>_. {favour: Heb. peace}
NASB © biblegateway Sos 8:10	"I was a wall <02346> , and my breasts <07699> were like towers <04026> ; Then <0227> I became <01961> in his eyes <05869> as one who finds <04672> peace <07965> .
LXXM	egw <1473> P-NS teicov <5038> N-NSN kai <2532> CONJ mastoi <3149> N-NPM mou <1473> P-GS wv <3739> CONJ purgoi <4444> N-NPM egw <1473> P-NS hmhn <1510> V-IAI-1S en <1722> PREP ofyalmoiv <3788> N-DPM autou <846> D-GSM wv <3739> CONJ euriskousa <2147> V-PAPNS eirhnhn <1515> N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL	The Beloved: I <0589> was a wall <02346> , and my breasts <07699> were <01961> like fortress towers <04026> . Then <0227> I found <04672> favor <07965> in his eyes <05869> .
HEBREW	P Mwls <07965> tauwmk <04672> wynyeb <05869> ytyyh <01961> za <0227> twldgmk <04026> ydsw <07699> hmwx <02346> yna (8:10) <0589>

NETBible

The Beloved: I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers.¹ Then I found favor² in his eyes.³

NET Notes

¹sn The noun מִגְדָּל (migdal, “tower”) can refer to the watchtowers of a fortified city (2 Kgs 17:9; 18:8; 2 Chr 26:9), projecting median towers along the fortified city wall which were crucial to the defense of the city (2 Chr 14:6; 26:15; 32:5), or fortress towers in the countryside set for the defense of the land (Judg 9:52; 2 Chr 27:4; Ezek 27:11) (HALOT 544 s.v. I מִגְדָּל). The Beloved mixes metaphors by describing her breasts with a comparison of sense and a comparison of sight: (1) Comparison of sense: She successfully defended her virginity and sexual purity from seduction, as fortress towers defended the city. (2) Comparison of sight: Just as the fortress towers along a city wall projected out at the corners of the wall, the Beloved’s breasts finally developed into beautiful “towers” (see 8:8 when she had no breasts as a young girl).

²tn Heb “peace.” An eloquent wordplay is created by the use of the noun שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace, favor”) in 8:10b and the name שְׁלֹמֹה (shÿlomoh, “Solomon”) in 8:11a. The Beloved found “favor” (שָׁלוֹם) in the eyes of Solomon (שְׁלֹמֹה). She won his heart because she was not only a beautiful young woman (“my breasts were like fortress towers”), but a virtuous woman (“I was a wall”).

³tn Heb “Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.”