Song of Solomon 8:12

My vineyard, which was mine, was before me: thine, O Solomon, be the thousand, and let two hundred be for those that keep its fruit.—

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

In Context

11Solomon had a vineyard at Ba'al-hamon; he had given up the vineyard unto the keepers; every one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.

13“Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions listen for thy voice: oh let me hear it.”

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:23Above all that is to be guarded, keep thy heart, for out of it are the issues of life.

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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