Song of Solomon 8 · Verse 10

Song of Solomon 8:10

I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
Song of Solomon 8:10, King James Version

Song of Solomon 8:10 in other translations

BSBI am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
WEBI am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.
ASVI am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.
YLTI am a wall, and my breasts as towers, Then I have been in his eyes as one finding peace.
DARBYI am a wall, and my breasts like towers; Then was I in his eyes as one that findeth peace.
BBEI am a wall, and my breasts are like towers; then was I in his eyes as one to whom good chance had come.
WebsterI am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favor.

What does Song of Solomon 8:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. The Gentile Church's joy at its free admission to gospel privileges (Ac 15:30, 31). She is one wall in the spiritual temple of the Holy Ghost, the Hebrew Church is the other; Jesus Christ, the common foundation, joins them (Ep 2:11-22). breasts ... towers--alluding to the silver palace, which the bridal virgins proposed to build on her (So 8:9). "Breasts" of consolation (Is 66:11); faith and love (1Th 5:8); opposed to her previous state, "no breasts" (So 8:8; 2Th 1:3). 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; Ep 2:14). Reject not those whom God accepts (Nu 11:28; Lu 9:49; Ac 15:8, 9). Rather, superadd to such every aid and privilege (So 8:9).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 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. These expressions show the solicitude which the bride felt for her sister, and in her favor she wishes to interest her spouse.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 8:8-12

The church pleads for the Gentiles, who then had not the word of God, nor the means of grace. Those who are brought to Christ themselves, should contrive what they may do to help others to him. Babes in Christ are always seen among Christians, and the welfare of their weak brethren is an object of continual prayer with the stronger believers. If the beginning of this work were likened to a wall built upon Him the…

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Song of Solomon 8:10 in the original Hebrew

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אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
חוֹמָ֔הcho.Mah[was] a wallH2346
וְשָׁדַ֖יve.sha.Daiand breasts myH7699
כַּמִּגְדָּל֑וֹתka.mig.da.Lot[are] like <the> towersH4026
אָ֛ז'azthenH227
הָיִ֥יתִיha.Yi.tiI wasH1961
בְעֵינָ֖יוve.'ei.Navin view hisH5869
כְּמוֹצְאֵ֥תke.motz.'Etlike [one who] findsH4672
שָׁלֽוֹם\׃\ \פsha.LompeaceH7965

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Cross references for Song of Solomon 8:10

  • Isaiah 60:10

    And 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.

  • Ezekiel 16:7

    I 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.

  • Luke 1:30

    And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

  • Song of Solomon 7:7-8

    This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

  • Ephesians 1:6

    To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

  • Proverbs 3:4

    So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  • 1 Timothy 1:16

    Howbeit 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.

  • Genesis 6:8

    But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 7:7-8

    The 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: But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

  • Song of Solomon 4:5

    Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

  • Ephesians 1:8

    Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

  • Song of Solomon 7:3-4

    Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a wall.
9
my.
4:5; 7:3,4,7,8; Eze 16:7
then.
Ge 6:8; De 7:7,8; Pr 3:4; Isa 60:10; Lu 1:30; Eph 1:6,8; 1Ti 1:16
favour. Heb. peace.
Ro 5:1-10

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Context

  • Song of Solomon 8:9

    If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

  • Song of Solomon 8:10

    I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

  • Song of Solomon 8:11

    Solomon had a vineyard at Baal–hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

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Song of Solomon 8:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Yo soy muro, y mis pechos como torres, desde que fuí en sus ojos como la que halla paz.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Je suis une muraille, et mes seins sont des tours; je fus alors à ses yeux comme celle qui a trouvé la paix.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich bin eine Mauer, und meine Brüste sind wie Türme; da wurde ich in seinen Augen wie eine, die Frieden findet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ego murus, et ubera mea sicut turris, ex quo facta sum coram eo, quasi pacem reperiens.