Song of Solomon 8:13

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

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12My vineyard, which was mine, was before me: thine, O Solomon, be the thousand, and let two hundred be for those that keep its fruit.—

14Flee away, my friend, and be thou like the roebuck, or the fawn of the hinds, upon the mountain of spices.

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Cross References

Judges 14:11And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions, and they remained with him.

Psalms 50:15And call on me on the day of distress: I will deliver thee,— and so wilt thou glorify me.”

Song of Solomon 2:13The fig-tree perfumeth its green figs, and the vines with young grapes give forth a [pleasant] smell. Arise thee, my beloved, my fair one, and come along.

Song of Solomon 4:16Awake, O north wind; and come thou, O south; blow over my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my friend come into his garden, and eat its precious fruits.—

Song of Solomon 6:2My beloved is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Song of Solomon 7:11(7:12) Come, my friend, let us go forth into the field; let us spend the night in the villages;

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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