Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden—
a locked garden and a sealed spring.

International Standard Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“A garden enclosed is my sister, my [promised] bride—
A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

A garden shut up, my sister, O bride; a reservoir shut up, a fountain sealed.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

A garden locked [is] my sister bride, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

Modern King James verseion

A locked garden is My sister, My spouse; a rock heap locked up, a fountain sealed.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou art a well kept garden, O my sister, my spouse, thou are a well kept watering spring, and a sealed well.

NET Bible

The Lover to His Beloved: 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.

The Emphasized Bible

A garden barred, is my sister, bride, - a spring barred, a fountain sealed:

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A garden
גּן 
Gan 
Usage: 43

נעל 
Na`al 
Usage: 8

is my sister
אחות 
'achowth 
Usage: 114

my spouse
כּלּה 
Kallah 
Usage: 34

a spring
גּל 
Gal 
Usage: 34

shut up
נעל 
Na`al 
Usage: 8

מעינה מעינו מעין 
Ma`yan 
Usage: 23

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Locked Garden Of Delights Is Unlocked

11 “Your lips, my bride, drip honey;
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
12 “A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.
13 “Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates
With choice fruits, henna with nard plants,


Cross References

Proverbs 5:15-18

Drink water from your own cistern
And fresh water from your own well.

Genesis 29:3

When all the flocks were gathered there, they would then roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the mouth of the well.

Song of Songs 6:2

My beloved has gone down to his garden,
To the beds of balsam,
To pasture his flock in the gardens
And gather lilies.

Song of Songs 6:11

“I went down to the orchard of nut trees
To see the blossoms of the valley,
To see whether the vine had budded
Or the pomegranates had bloomed.

Isaiah 58:11

“And the Lord will continually guide you,
And satisfy your desire in scorched places,
And give strength to your bones;
And you will be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.

Isaiah 61:10-11

I will rejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will exult in my God;
For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Jeremiah 31:12

“They will come and shout for joy on the height of Zion,
And they will be radiant over the bounty of the Lord
Over the grain and the new wine and the oil,
And over the young of the flock and the herd;
And their life will be like a watered garden,
And they will never languish again.

Hosea 6:3

“So let us know, let us press on to know the Lord.
His going forth is as certain as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the rain,
Like the spring rain watering the earth.”

1 Corinthians 6:13

Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both of them. Yet the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?

1 Corinthians 7:34

and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

2 Corinthians 1:22

who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.

Ephesians 1:13

In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,

Ephesians 4:30

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Revelation 7:3

saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.”

Revelation 21:27

and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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