Song of Solomon 8:13
11 Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
12 But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
14 Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
- KJV
- Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
- WEB
- You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
- ASV
- Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken for thy voice: Cause me to hear it.
- DARBY
- Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken to thy voice: Let me hear [it].
- BLB
- O [you] dwelling in the gardens, [my] companions are listening to your voice—let me hear it!
- ÅB
- Du som bor i havene! Venner lytter til din røst; la meg høre den!
- OTB
- Du som bor i hagene, Mine følgesvenner lytter etter din stemme— La meg høre den!
- B1930
- Du som bor i havene! Venner lytter til din røst; la mig høre den!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 4:16
Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 1:7
Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
Read in contextSong of Solomon 6:2
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
Read in contextJudges 14:11
And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.
Read in contextJohn 14:21–23
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
Read in contextPsalms 45:14
In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
Read in contextPsalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
Read in contextMatthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
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