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Song of Songs 8:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

A Boast

11 M? Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;[a]
    he gave over the vineyard to caretakers.
For its fruit one would have to pay
    a thousand silver pieces.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:11–12 These enigmatic verses have been variously interpreted, depending on who is taken to be the speaker. In v. 11, if the woman, she boasts that she is a vineyard of great value. If the man, he boasts over his possession of her.
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