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12 My vineyard, my very own, is before me;
    you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,
    and (A)the keepers of the fruit two hundred.

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12 But my own vineyard(A) is mine to give;
    the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
    and two hundred[a] are for those who tend its fruit.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 8:12 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms

He who plants and he who waters are one, and each (A)will receive his wages according to his labour.

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The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.(A)

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(A)Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? (B)Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?

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Who serves as a soldier(A) at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard(B) and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk?

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It is (A)the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.

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The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.(A)

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