Song of Solomon 4:15 You are a garden fountain, a well of flowing water streaming down from Lebanon.

◄ Song of Solomon 4:15 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
You are a garden fountain, a well of flowing water streaming down from Lebanon.

English Standard Version
a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon.

New American Standard Bible
"You are a garden spring, A well of fresh water, And streams flowing from Lebanon."

King James Bible
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are a garden spring, a well of flowing water streaming from Lebanon. W

International Standard Version
You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water, streams flowing from Lebanon.

American Standard Version
Thou art a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The fountain of gardens: the well of living waters, which run with a strong stream from Libanus.

Darby Bible Translation
A fountain in the gardens, A well of living waters, Which stream from Lebanon.

Young's Literal Translation
A fount of gardens, a well of living waters, And flowings from Lebanon!

Cross References

John 4:10
Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that said to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water.

Proverbs 5:16
Let your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

Proverbs 5:18
Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth.

Isaiah 58:11
And the LORD shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and make fat your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Zechariah 14:8
And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

4:8-15 Observe the gracious call Christ gives to the church. It is, 1. A precept; so this is Christ's call to his church to come off from the world. These hills seem pleasant, but there are in them lions' dens; they are mountains of the leopards. 2. As a promise; many shall be brought as members of the church, from every point. The church shall be delivered from her persecutors in due time, though now she dwells among lions, Ps 57:4. Christ's heart is upon his church; his treasure is therein; and he delights in the affection she has for him; its working in the heart, and its works in the life. The odours wherewith the spouse is perfumed, are as the gifts and graces of the Spirit. Love and obedience to God are more pleasing to Christ than sacrifice or incense. Christ having put upon his spouse the white raiment of his own righteousness, and the righteousness of saints, and perfumed it with holy joy and comfort, he is well pleased with it. And Christ walks in his garden unseen. A hedge of protection is made around, which all the powers of darkness cannot break through. The souls of believers are as gardens enclosed, where is a well of living water, Joh 4:14; 7:38, the influences of the Holy Spirit. The world knows not these wells of salvation, nor can any opposer corrupt this fountain. Saints in the church, and graces in the saints, are fitly compared to fruits and spices. They are planted, and do not grow of themselves. They are precious; they are the blessings of this earth. They will be kept to good purpose when flowers are withered. Grace, when ended in glory, will last for ever. Christ is the source which makes these gardens fruitful; even a well of living waters.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

15. of—This pleasure-ground is not dependent on mere reservoirs; it has a fountain sufficient to water many "gardens" (plural).

living—(Jer 17:8; Joh 4:13, 14; 7:38, 39).

from Lebanon—Though the fountain is lowly, the source is lofty; fed by the perpetual snows of Lebanon, refreshingly cool (Jer 18:14), fertilizing the gardens of Damascus. It springs upon earth; its source is heaven. It is now not "sealed," but open "streams" (Re 22:17).