Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
I will sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: "The one I love had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
New American Standard Bible
A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard.
My well-beloved had a
King James Version
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:
Holman Bible
a song about my loved one’s vineyard:
The one I love had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
A Conservative Version
Let me sing for my well-beloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My well-beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill.
American Standard Version
Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
Amplified
A song of my Beloved about His vineyard (His chosen people).
My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile slope (the promised land, Canaan).
Bible in Basic English
Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-garden on a fertile hill:
Darby Translation
I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard: My well-beloved had a vineyard upon a fruitful hill.
Julia Smith Translation
I will sing now to my beloved a song of my love for his vineyard. There was a vineyard to my beloved in the horn of the son of oil:
King James 2000
Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved regarding his vineyard. My well-beloved has a vineyard on a very fruitful hill:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let me sing for my beloved a song of my love concerning his vineyard: {My beloved had a vineyard} on {a fertile hill}.
Modern King James verseion
Now I will sing to my Beloved a song of my Beloved concerning His vineyard. My Beloved has a vineyard in a very fruitful hill.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now will I sing my beloved friend a song of his vineyard. My beloved friend hath a vineyard in a very fruitful plenteous ground.
NET Bible
I will sing to my love -- a song to my lover about his vineyard. My love had a vineyard on a fertile hill.
New Heart English Bible
Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.
The Emphasized Bible
Let me sing, I pray you, for a well-beloved of mine, The song of my beloved concerning his vineyard: - A vineyard, had my well-beloved on a very fruitful hill;
Webster
Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
World English Bible
Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.
Youngs Literal Translation
Let me sing, I pray you, for my beloved, A song of my beloved as to his vineyard: My beloved hath a vineyard in a fruitful hill,
Themes
Ingratitude to God » Illustrated
Parables » Of the old testament » Of the prophets
Prophets » Frequently spake in parables and riddles
Prophets » Sometimes uttered their predictions in verse
Punishment » According to deeds » See the parable of the vineyard
Truth » Illustrated in parables of the old testament » Of the prophets
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 5:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Song Of The Vineyard
1 I will sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: "The one I love had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. 2 He plowed its land and cleared it of stones. Then he planted it with the choicest vines, built a watchtower in the middle of it, and dug a wine vat in it; He expected it to produce good grapes, but it produced only wild ones."
Names
Cross References
Psalm 80:8
You uprooted a vine from Egypt, and drove out nations to transplant it.
Matthew 21:33
"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.
Mark 12:1
Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.
Luke 20:9
Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went abroad for a long time.
Deuteronomy 31:19-22
"Now write this song and teach it to the Israelis. Put this song in their very mouths, so that it will be a witness for me against the Israelis,
Judges 5:1-31
Later that day, Deborah and Abinoam's son Barak celebrated by singing this song:
Psalm 45:1
My heart is overflowing with good news; I speak what I have composed to the king; my tongue is like the pen of an articulate scribe.
Psalm 101:1
I will sing about gracious love and justice; LORD, I will sing praise to you.
Song of Songs 2:16
My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him. He is the one who shepherds his flock among the lilies.
Song of Songs 5:2
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. There's a sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open up for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. For my head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."
Song of Songs 5:16
His mouth is sweetness, and all of him is desirable. This is my beloved, this is my friend, young women of Jerusalem!
Song of Songs 6:3
I belong to my beloved, and my beloved belongs to me. He is the one who grazes his flock among the lilies.
Song of Songs 8:11-12
Solomon has a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers each one is to bring 1,000 pieces of silver in exchange for its fruit.
Isaiah 27:2-3
At that time, "A fermenting vineyard sing about it!
Jeremiah 2:21
I planted you myself as a choice vine, from the very best seed. How did you turn against me into a degenerate and foreign vine?
John 15:1
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vintner.