Song of Solomon 4:12 “My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a…”

Song of Solomon 4:12

My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

World English Bible

My sister, my bride, is a locked up garden; a locked up spring, a sealed fountain.

American Standard Version

A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Geneva Bible 1599

My sister my spouse is as a garden inclosed, as a spring shut vp, and a fountaine sealed vp.

Darby Translation

A garden enclosed is my sister, [my] spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Young's Literal Translation

A garden shut up [is] my sister-spouse, A spring shut up — a fountain sealed.

Bible in Basic English

A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.

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Cross references

“garden”

Proverbs 5:15–18 Revelation 21:27 1 Corinthians 6:13 1 Corinthians 7:34 Song of Solomon 6:2 Song of Solomon 6:11

Proverbs 5:15–18 · BSB

Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

Revelation 21:27 · BSB

But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

1 Corinthians 6:13 · BSB

“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

1 Corinthians 7:34 · BSB

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how s…

Song of Solomon 6:2 · BSB

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.

Song of Solomon 6:11 · BSB

I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.

“sealed”

Revelation 7:3 2 Corinthians 1:22 Ephesians 1:13 Ephesians 4:30

Revelation 7:3 · BSB

“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have placed a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

2 Corinthians 1:22 · BSB

placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.

Ephesians 1:13 · BSB

And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

Ephesians 4:30 · BSB

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Also

Genesis 29:3

Genesis 29:3 · BSB

When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.

13Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,

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