Song of Songs 8:13

Song of Songs 8:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
• New International Version (NIV)You who dwell in the gardens with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
• English Standard Version (ESV)O you who dwell in the gardens, with companions listening for your voice; let me hear it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You who dwell in the gardens, The companions listen for your voice— Let me hear it!

Context of Song of Songs 8:13

11Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon, which he leases out to tenant farmers. Each of them pays a thousand pieces of silver for harvesting its fruit. 12But my vineyard is mine to give, and Solomon need not pay a thousand pieces of silver. But I will give two hundred pieces to those who care for its vines. O my darling, lingering in the gardens, your companions are fortunate to hear your voice. Let me hear it, too! 14Come away, my love! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

Song of Songs 8:13 word by word

הַיוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת בַּגַּנִּ֗ים חֲבֵרִ֛ים מַקְשִׁיבִ֥ים לְקוֹלֵ֖ךְ הַשְׁמִיעִֽינִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou that dwellestיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in the gardensגַּןgan · gardenH1588
• the companionsחָבֵרchâbêr · companionH2270
• hearkenקָשַׁבqâshab · to listenH7181
• to thy voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• cause me to hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085

Commentaries on Song of Songs 8:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Thou that dwellest in the gardens - This is supposed to refer to the bridegroom asking permission of his spouse early in the morning to retire, as was his usual custom. He intimates the companions were waiting to hear, and he wished to hear it in the way of permission to depart.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13Verse 13 ,14 These verses close the conference between Christ and his church. He first addresses her as dwelling in the gardens, the assemblies and ordinances of his saints. He exhorts her to be constant and frequent in prayers, supplications, and praises, in which he delights. She replies, craving his speedy return to take her to be wholly with Him. The heavens, those high mountains of sweet spices, must contain Christ, till the times come, when every…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13The scene has shifted from the lease payment to the more familiar and pleasant gardens. my companions: It seems the wife is talking with her friends. Her husband feels jealous and wants her attention.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Jesus Christ's address to her; now no longer visibly present. Once she "had not kept" her vineyard (So 1:6); now she "dwells" in it, not as its owner, but its superintendent under Jesus Christ, with vinedressers ("companions"), for example, Paul, &c. (Ac 15:25, 26), under her (So 8:11, 12); these ought to obey her when she obeys Jesus Christ. Her voice in prayer and praise is to be heard continually by Jesus Christ, if her voice before men is to be…Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 13You, who sit in the gardens The Holy One, blessed be He, says to the congregation of Israel, “You, who are scattered in exile, grazing in the gardens of strangers and sitting in synagogues and study halls...”Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Garden
• Song of Songs

Commentaries on Song of Songs 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary