Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me. Thou, O Solomon, shall have the thousand, and those who keep the fruit of it, two hundred.
New American Standard Bible
The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”
King James Version
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
Holman Bible
The 1,000 are for you, Solomon,
but 200 for those who guard its fruits.
International Standard Version
My vineyard belongs to me and is at my disposal. The 1,000 are for you, Solomon, and 200 are for those who take care of its fruit.
American Standard Version
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: Thou, O Solomon, shalt have the thousand, And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
Amplified
“My very own vineyard is at my disposal;
The thousand [shekels of silver] are for you, O Solomon,
And two hundred are for those who tend the fruit.”
Bible in Basic English
My vine-garden, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, will have the thousand, and those who keep the fruit of them two hundred.
Darby Translation
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: The thousand silver-pieces be to thee, Solomon; And to the keepers of its fruit, two hundred.
Julia Smith Translation
My vineyard to me before me: a thousand to thee, O Solomon, and two hundred to those watching its fruit.
King James 2000
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that tend its fruit two hundred.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{My own "vineyard" belongs to me}; the "thousand" are for you, O Solomon, {and "two hundred" for those who tend its fruit}.
Modern King James verseion
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me; you, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and for the keepers of its fruit, two hundred.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But my vineyard, O Solomon, giveth thee a thousand, and two hundred to the keepers of the fruit.
NET Bible
My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.
New Heart English Bible
My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon; two hundred for those who tend its fruit.
The Emphasized Bible
Mine own vineyard, is before me, - The thousand belong to thee, O Solomon, and two hundred to the keepers of the fruit thereof.
Webster
My vineyard which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit of it two hundred.
World English Bible
My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon; two hundred for those who tend its fruit. Lover
Youngs Literal Translation
My vineyard -- my own -- is before me, The thousand is for thee, O Solomon. And the two hundred for those keeping its fruit. O dweller in gardens!
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 8:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon's Vineyard And The Maiden's Gift
11 Solomon 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. 12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me. Thou, O Solomon, shall have the thousand, and those who keep the fruit of it, two hundred. 13 Thou who dwell in the gardens, the companions hearken for thy voice. Cause me to hear it.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Song of Songs 1:6
Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were incensed against me. They made me keeper of the vineyards, [but] my own vineyard I have not kept.
Psalm 72:17-19
His name shall endure forever. His name shall be continued as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in him. All nations shall call him blessed.
Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.
Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit placed you guardians, to tend the church of the Lord and God, which he purchased by his own blood.
Romans 14:7-9
For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself.
1 Corinthians 6:20
for ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and your spirit, which is of God.
2 Corinthians 5:15
And he died for all so that those who live would no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and was raised.
1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope or joy or crown of boast? Or is it not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
1 Timothy 4:15-16
Think on these things--exist within these things--so that thy progress may be visible among all.
1 Timothy 5:17-18
Let the elders who rule well be regarded worthy of double compensation, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.