Holy Scripture

Song of Solomon 8:12

A church father on this verse
“My vineyard is before me, etc. "Truly," he says, "you have been proven worthy because I have entrusted my vineyard to guardians, who would cultivate it with their words and examples alike. But you should know that I have entrusted its care to the same guardians in such a way that I, nonetheless, incessantly observe wh…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on the Song of Songs

Source: Septuagint

Original

12My vineyard, even mine, is before me; Solomon shall have a thousand, And they that keep its fruit two hundred.

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10I am a wall, and my breasts are as towers; I was in their eyes as one that found peace.

11Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon; He let his vineyard to keepers; Every one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.

— Song of Solomon 8:12 —

13Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken to thy voice: Make me hear it.

14Away, my kinsman, and be like a doe Or a fawn on the mountains of spices.

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