Song of Songs 8:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
A Boast
11 M? Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;[a]
he gave over the vineyard to caretakers.
For its fruit one would have to pay
a thousand silver pieces.
12 My vineyard is at my own disposal;
the thousand pieces are for you, Solomon,
and two hundred for the caretakers of its fruit.
The Lovers’ Yearnings
13 M You who dwell in the gardens,[b]
my companions are listening for your voice—
let me hear it!
Footnotes
- 8:11–12 These enigmatic verses have been variously interpreted, depending on who is taken to be the speaker. In v. 11, if the woman, she boasts that she is a vineyard of great value. If the man, he boasts over his possession of her.
- 8:13–14 As in 2:14, her lover asks for a word or a song and she replies in words similar to those found in 2:17.
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