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Song of Solomon 8:11–12

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11“Solomon had a avineyard at Baal-hamon;

He bentrusted the vineyard to ccaretakers.

Each one was to bring a dthousand shekels of silver for its efruit.

12“My very own vineyard is 1at my disposal;

The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,

And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit before me

Cross references

  1. aEccl 2:4
  2. bMatt 21:33
  3. cSong 1:6
  4. dIs 7:23
  5. eSong 2:3; 8:12

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;

he let out the vineyard to keepers;

each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.

My vineyard, my very own, is before me;

you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,

and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon;

he let out his vineyard to tenants.

Each was to bring for its fruit

a thousand shekels of silver.

But my own vineyard is mine to give;

the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,

and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Solomon owned a vineyard in Baal-hamon.

He leased the vineyard to tenants.

Each was to bring for his fruit

one thousand pieces of silver.

I have my own vineyard.

The one thousand are for you, Solomon,

but two hundred for those who take care of its fruits.

NLTNew Living Translation

Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon,

which he leases out to tenant farmers.

Each of them pays a thousand pieces of silver

for harvesting its fruit.

But my vineyard is mine to give,

and Solomon need not pay a thousand pieces of silver.

But I will give two hundred pieces

to those who care for its vines.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;

he entrusted his vineyard to the keepers;

people paid a thousand silver pieces for its fruit.

My own “vineyard” belongs to me;

the “thousand” are for you, O Solomon,

and “two hundred” for those who tend its fruit.

KJV 1900King James Version

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;

He let out the vineyard unto keepers;

Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me:

Thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand,

And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.