Song of Solomon 8:13

Groom: My vineyard is before me. The thousand is for your peacefulness, and two hundred is for those who care for its fruit.

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In The King James Version

Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

In Context

12The peaceful one had a vineyard, in that which held the peoples. He handed it on to the caretakers; a man brought, in exchange for its fruit, a thousand pieces of silver.

14Bride to Groom: Your friends are attentive to those who have been dwelling in the gardens. Cause me to heed your voice. Flee away, my beloved, and become like the doe and the young stag upon the mountains of aromatic plants.

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Cross References

Judges 14:11And when the citizens of that place had seen him, they presented to him thirty companions to be with him.

Psalms 50:15I will teach the unjust your ways, and the impious will be converted to you.

Song of Solomon 2:13For winter has now past; the rain has decreased and gone away.

Song of Solomon 4:16Rise up, north wind, and advance, south wind. Send a breeze through my garden, and carry its aromatic scents.

Song of Solomon 6:2I am for my beloved, and my beloved is for me. He pastures among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 7:11I am for my beloved, and his turning is to me.

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 8:9-13

Concern for the Gentiles; Privileges and Duties of the Church. 8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? 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. 10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour. 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof… Read the whole commentary →

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