Song of Solomon 4:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ Your neck is like the tower of David, built in courses; on it hang a thousand bucklers, all of them shields of warriors.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Thy neck is like the tower of David Builded for an armoury, Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, All shields of mighty men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Your neck is like the tower of David, built for an arsenal, whereon hang a thousand bucklers, all of them shields of warriors.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Thy neck is like the tower of David Builded for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, All the shields of the mighty men.

Common English Bible

⁴ Like David’s tower is your neck, splendidly built! A thousand shields are hung upon it— all the weapons of the warriors.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Your neck is like the tower of David, which was built with ramparts: a thousand shields are hanging from it, all the armor of the strong.

Song of Solomon 4:4 Cross References

Song of Solomon 7:4

Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, overlooking Damascus.

1 Peter 1:5

who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Nehemiah 3:19

next to him Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the Angle.

Colossians 2:19

and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, grows with a growth that is from God.

Song of Solomon 1:10

Your cheeks are comely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.

2 Samuel 22:51

He is a tower of salvation for his king and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”

2 Samuel 1:21

You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you nor bounteous fields! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, anointed with oil no more.

Psalm 144:12

May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars, cut for the building of a palace.

Song of Solomon 7:5

Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses.

Song of Solomon 8:10

I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who brings peace.

Micah 4:8

And you, O tower of the flock, hill of daughter Zion, to you it shall come, the former dominion shall come, the sovereignty of daughter Jerusalem.