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Song of Solomon 8:10

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

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I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.

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

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

8:11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

What does Song of Solomon 8:10 mean?

Song of Solomon 8:10 is a verse in the book of Song of Solomon, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חוֹמָה (chôwmâh), שַׁד (shad), מִגְדָּל (migdâl). It connects to 8 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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I
am
a
wall,חוֹמָהchôwmâh/kho-maw'/H2346a wall of protection
and
my
breastsשַׁדshad/shad/H7699the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)
like
towers:מִגְדָּלmigdâl/mig-dawl'/H4026a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
then
was
I
in
his
eyesעַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
as
one
that
foundמָצָאmâtsâʼ/maw-tsaw'/H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
favour.שָׁלוֹםshâlôwm/shaw-lome'/H7965safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
favour:
Heb.
peace

Commentary on Song of Solomon 8:10

HENRY_FULL · Song of Solomon 8:10
inful speaking or sinful silence; and we should often make it the subject-matter of our discourse, that it may feed many and minister grace to the hearers. 173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. 174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord ; and thy law is my delight. Here, 1. David prays that divine grace would work for him: Let thy hand help me. He finds his own hands are not sufficient for him, nor can any creature lend him a helping hand to any purpose; therefore he looks up to God in hopes that the hand that had made him would help him; for, if the Lord do not help us, whence can any creature help us? All our help must be expected from God's hand, from his power and his bounty. 2. He pleads what divine grace had already wrought in him as a pledge of further mercy, being a qualification for it. Three things he pleads:—(1.) That he had made religion his serious and deliberate choice: " I have chosen thy precepts. I took them for my rule, not because I knew no other, but because, upon trial, I knew no better." Those are go

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 49:18

I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

2 Samuel 23:5

Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Song of Solomon 1:2

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. thy: Heb. thy loves

Song of Solomon 5:8

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. that ye: Heb. what, etc

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

Romans 8:23

And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

Philippians 1:23

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Song of Solomon 8:10.

2 Chronicles 14:7

Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

2 Chronicles 32:5

Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance. darts: or, swords, or, weapons

Genesis 16:7

And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

Genesis 18:3

And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

Genesis 19:19

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

Genesis 30:27

And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.

Genesis 6:8

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Judges 8:9

And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

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What does Song of Solomon 8:10 say?

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

Is Song of Solomon 8:10 in the Old or New Testament?

Song of Solomon 8:10 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Song of Solomon.

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