Song of Solomon 8 · Verse 11

Song of Solomon 8:11

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.
Song of Solomon 8:11, King James Version

Song of Solomon 8:11 in other translations

BSBSolomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
WEBSolomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
ASVSolomon 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.
YLTSolomon hath a vineyard in Baal-Hamon, He hath given the vineyard to keepers, Each bringeth for its fruit a thousand silverlings;
DARBYSolomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon: He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand silver-pieces.
BBESolomon had a vine-garden at Baal-hamon; he let out the vine-garden to keepers; every one had to give a thousand bits of silver for its fruit.
WebsterSolomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; every one for the fruit of it was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

What does Song of Solomon 8:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. The joint Church speaks of Jesus Christ's vineyard. Transference of it from the Jews, who rendered not the fruits, as is implied by the silence respecting any, to the Gentiles (Mt 21:33-43). Baal-hamon--equivalent to the owner of a multitude; so Israel in Solomon's day (1Ki 4:20); so Is 5:1, "a very fruitful hill" abounding in privileges, as in numbers. thousand pieces--namely, silverlings, or shekels. The vineyard had a thousand vines probably; a vine at a silverling (Is 7:23), referring to this passage.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Solomon had a vineyard - Calmet translates and paraphrases the Hebrew of these two verses thus: "Sol 8:11 : Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon: he has let it out to keepers, each of whom for the fruit of it was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. Sol 8:12 : As for me, my vineyard is before me; that is, it is my own; I am its proprietor. Keep thyself, O Solomon, thy thousand pieces of silver, and let those who dress (thy vineyard) have two hundred for their trouble. I neither envy thee thy vineyard, nor them their profits. I am satisfied with my own. My beloved is my vineyard - my heritage; I would not change him for all the riches of the universe." Some suppose that there is a reference here to some property which Pharaoh had given to Solomon with his daughter. See Harmer's Outlines, where this subject is considered at large.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 8:8-12

The church pleads for the Gentiles, who then had not the word of God, nor the means of grace. Those who are brought to Christ themselves, should contrive what they may do to help others to him. Babes in Christ are always seen among Christians, and the welfare of their weak brethren is an object of continual prayer with the stronger believers. If the beginning of this work were likened to a wall built upon Him the…

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Song of Solomon 8:11 in the original Hebrew

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כֶּ֣רֶםKe.rema vineyardH3754
הָיָ֤הha.Yahit belongedH1961
לִשְׁלֹמֹה֙lish.lo.Mohto SolomonH8010
בְּבַ֣עַלbe.Va.'alat Baal-H1174
הָמ֔וֹןha.MonHamonH1174
נָתַ֥ןna.Tanhe gaveH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַכֶּ֖רֶםha.Ke.remthe vineyardH3754
לַנֹּטְרִ֑יםla.no.te.Rimto <the> [those who] keepH5201
אִ֛ישׁ'isheach oneH376
יָבִ֥אya.Vi'he will bringH935
בְּפִרְי֖וֹbe.fir.Yofor fruit itsH6529
אֶ֥לֶף'E.lefa thousandH505
כָּֽסֶף\׃Ka.sefsilverH3701

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Cross references for Song of Solomon 8:11

  • Ecclesiastes 2:4

    I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

  • Isaiah 7:23

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

  • Matthew 21:33-43

    Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. …

  • Mark 12:1

    And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

  • Genesis 20:16

    And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

  • Isaiah 5:1-7

    Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? …

  • Song of Solomon 1:6

    Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

  • Luke 20:9-18

    Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. …

  • Song of Solomon 7:12

    Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Solomon.Calmet thus translates these verses: "Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he has let it out to keepers, each of whom for the fruit of it was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. As for me, my vineyard is before me; keep thyself, O Solomon, thy thousand pieces of silver," etc.
had a.
7:12; Ec 2:4; Isa 5:1-7; Mt 21:33-43; Mr 12:1
he let.
Lu 20:9-18
a thousand.
Ge 20:16; Isa 7:23

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Context

  • Song of Solomon 8:10

    I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

  • Song of Solomon 8:11

    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.

  • Song of Solomon 8:12

    My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

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Song of Solomon 8:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Salomón tuvo una viña en Baal-hamón, la cual entregó á guardas, cada uno de los cuales debía traer mil monedas de plata por su fruto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Salomon avait une vigne à Baal-Hamon: il remit la vigne à des gardiens; chacun devait apporter pour son fruit 1 000 pièces d’argent.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Salomo hatte einen Weinberg zu Baal-Hamon; er übergab den Weinberg den Hütern: ein jeder sollte für seine Frucht tausend Silbersekel bringen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vinea fuit pacifico in ea quæ habet populos: tradidit eam custodibus; vir affert pro fructu ejus mille argenteos.