Song of Songs 8:11-12
Modern English Version
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon;
he leased the vineyard to keepers;
each man was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
12 My vineyard, my very own, is before me;
you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,
and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
Song of Solomon 8:11-12
Lexham English Bible
Solomon’s Vineyard and the Maiden’s Gift
11 Solomon had a vineyard[a] at Baal-hamon;
he entrusted his vineyard to the keepers;[b]
people paid a thousand silver pieces for its fruit.[c]
12 My own “vineyard” belongs to me;[d]
the “thousand” are for you, O Solomon,
and “two hundred” for those who tend its fruit.[e]
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 8:11 Literally “A vineyard was for Solomon”
- Song of Solomon 8:11 Literally “he gave the vineyard to the keepers”
- Song of Solomon 8:11 Literally “each one brought a thousand silver pieces for his fruit”
- Song of Solomon 8:12 Literally “My vineyard that for me before my face”
- Song of Solomon 8:12 Literally “and two hundred for the keepers of his fruit”
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