Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain. New Living Translation You are my private garden, my treasure, my bride, a secluded spring, a hidden fountain. English Standard Version A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring locked, a fountain sealed. Berean Standard Bible My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed. King James Bible A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. New King James Version A garden enclosed Is my sister, my spouse, A spring shut up, A fountain sealed. New American Standard Bible “A locked garden is my sister, my bride, A locked spring, a sealed fountain. NASB 1995 “A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up. NASB 1977 “A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up. Legacy Standard Bible A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up. Amplified Bible “A garden enclosed is my sister, my [promised] bride— A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up. Christian Standard Bible My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden — a locked garden and a sealed spring. Holman Christian Standard Bible My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden— a locked garden and a sealed spring. American Standard Version A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Contemporary English Version My bride, my very own, you are a garden, a fountain closed off to all others. English Revised Version A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. GOD'S WORD® Translation My bride, my sister is a garden that is locked, a garden that is locked, a spring that is sealed. Good News Translation My sweetheart, my bride, is a secret garden, a walled garden, a private spring; International Standard Version My sister, my bride, is a locked garden a locked rock garden, a sealed up spring. Majority Standard Bible My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed. NET Bible You are a locked garden, my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain. New Heart English Bible A locked up garden is my sister, my bride; a locked up spring, a sealed fountain. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionA garden shut up [is] my sister-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. Smith's Literal Translation A garden shut up, my sister, O bride; a reservoir shut up, a fountain sealed. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMy sister, my spouse, is a garden enclosed, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed up. Catholic Public Domain Version An enclosed garden is my sister, my spouse: an enclosed garden, a sealed fountain. New American Bible A garden enclosed, my sister, my bride, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed! New Revised Standard Version A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a garden locked, a fountain sealed. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleA garden enclosed is my sister, my bride; yea, a garden guarded, a fountain sealed. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated A garden that is enclosed is my sister bride! A garden that is enclosed, a spring that is sealed OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Brenton Septuagint Translation My sister, my spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Solomon Admires His Bride…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. 12My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed. 13Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,… Cross References Proverbs 5:15-18 Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well. / Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? / Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. ... Isaiah 5:1-7 I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ... Jeremiah 31:12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. Ezekiel 28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation. Genesis 2:8-10 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed. / Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. / Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters: Psalm 80:8-11 You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it. / You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. / The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches. ... Isaiah 27:2-3 In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard. / I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it; John 15:1-5 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ... Matthew 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field. 1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her / to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, / and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. Revelation 21:2 I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Revelation 22:1-2 Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 2 Corinthians 11:2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. Colossians 1:22 But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence— Treasury of Scripture A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. garden Song of Solomon 6:2,11 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies… Proverbs 5:15-18 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well… Isaiah 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. inclosed 2 Corinthians 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Jump to Previous Bride Enclosed Fountain Garden Inclosed Locked Rock Sealed Shut Sister Sister-Spouse Spouse Spring Stopped WaterJump to Next Bride Enclosed Fountain Garden Inclosed Locked Rock Sealed Shut Sister Sister-Spouse Spouse Spring Stopped WaterSong of Solomon 4 1. Christ sets forth the graces of the church8. He shows forth his love to her 16. The church prays to be made fit for his presence My sister, my bride This phrase reflects the deep and multifaceted relationship between the lovers. The term "sister" in ancient Hebrew culture often signified a close, familial bond, suggesting intimacy and trust. "Bride" indicates a covenantal relationship, highlighting the sanctity and exclusivity of marriage. The duality of these terms underscores the blend of friendship and romantic love, a model for Christian marriages that are both spiritually and emotionally fulfilling. You are a garden locked up A spring enclosed A fountain sealed Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew My sister,אֲחֹתִ֣י (’ă·ḥō·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister my bride, כַלָּ֑ה (ḵal·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3618: Daughter-in-law, bride [you are] a garden גַּ֥ן ׀ (gan) Noun - common singular Strong's 1588: An enclosure, garden locked up, נָע֖וּל (nā·‘ūl) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's 5274: To fasten up, with a, bar, cord, to sandal, furnish with slippers a spring גַּ֥ל (gal) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1530: Something rolled, a heap of stone, dung, a spring of water enclosed, נָע֖וּל (nā·‘ūl) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's 5274: To fasten up, with a, bar, cord, to sandal, furnish with slippers a fountain מַעְיָ֥ן (ma‘·yān) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4599: A fountain, a source sealed. חָתֽוּם׃ (ḥā·ṯūm) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's 2856: To seal, affix a seal, seal up Links Song of Solomon 4:12 NIVSong of Solomon 4:12 NLT Song of Solomon 4:12 ESV Song of Solomon 4:12 NASB Song of Solomon 4:12 KJV Song of Solomon 4:12 BibleApps.com Song of Solomon 4:12 Biblia Paralela Song of Solomon 4:12 Chinese Bible Song of Solomon 4:12 French Bible Song of Solomon 4:12 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Song of Solomon 4:12 A locked up garden is my sister (Song Songs SS So Can) |
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