Parallel Verses

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 American Standard Bible

Let me sing now for my well-beloved
A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard.
My well-beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

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

I will sing about the one I love,
a song about my loved one’s vineyard:
The one I love had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.

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.

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

Now let me sing for my greatly Beloved [Lord]
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.

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Now will I sing
שׁוּר שׁירo 
Shiyr 
Usage: 86

to my wellbeloved
ידיד 
Y@diyd 
Usage: 10

a song
שׁירה שׁיר 
Shiyr 
Usage: 90

of my beloved
דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61

כּרם 
Kerem 
Usage: 93

ידיד 
Y@diyd 
Usage: 10

כּרם 
Kerem 
Usage: 93

Context Readings

The Song Of The Vineyard

1 I will sing to my love -- a song to my lover about his vineyard. My love had a vineyard on a fertile hill. 2 He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.

Cross References

Psalm 80:8

You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.

Matthew 21:33

"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

Mark 12:1

Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

Luke 20:9

Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

Deuteronomy 31:19-22

Now write down for yourselves the following song and teach it to the Israelites. Put it into their very mouths so that this song may serve as my witness against the Israelites!

Judges 5:1-31

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this victory song:

Psalm 45:1

For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by the Korahites, a well-written poem, a love song. My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. I say, "I have composed this special song for the king; my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe."

Psalm 101:1

A psalm of David. I will sing about loyalty and justice! To you, O Lord, I will sing praises!

Song of Songs 2:16

The Beloved about Her Lover: My lover is mine and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.

Song of Songs 5:2

The Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! The Lover to His Beloved: "Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."

Song of Songs 5:16

His mouth is very sweet; he is totally desirable. This is my beloved! This is my companion, O maidens of Jerusalem!

Song of Songs 6:3

The Beloved about Her Lover: I am my lover's and my lover is mine; he grazes among the lilies.

Song of Songs 8:11-12

The Beloved to Her Lover: Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon; he leased out the vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

Isaiah 27:2-3

When that time comes, sing about a delightful vineyard!

Jeremiah 2:21

I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?

John 15:1

"I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

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