Song of Solomon 8:11
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon; 1 He let his vineyard to keepers; 1 Every one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
10I am a wall, and my breasts are as towers; 1 I was in their eyes as one that found peace. 1
Cross References
Genesis 20:16And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, those shall be to thee for the price of thy countenance, and to all the women with thee, and speak the truth in all things.
Song of Solomon 1:6Look not upon me, because I am dark, 1 Because the sun has looked unfavorably upon me: 1 My mother’s sons strove with me; 1 They made me keeper in the vineyards; 1 I have not kept my own vineyard. 1
Isaiah 5:1Now I will sing to my beloved a song of my beloved concerning my vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a high hill in a fertile place.
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 →