Parallel Verses
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 American Standard Bible
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King James Version
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Holman Bible
a locked garden
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.
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.
Themes
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (sealed up,) of the church
Gardens » Illustrative » (enclosed,) of the pleasantness, fruitfulness, and security of the church
Hedges » Placed around » Gardens
Names » Of the church » Spouse of Christ
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Song of Solomon 4:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Locked Garden Of Delights Is Unlocked
11 Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride, honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. 12 The Lover to His Beloved: You are a locked garden, my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain. 13 Your shoots are a royal garden full of pomegranates with choice fruits: henna with nard,
Cross References
Proverbs 5:15-18
Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well.
Genesis 29:3
When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone off the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the well's mouth.
Song of Songs 6:2
The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Song of Songs 6:11
The Lover to His Beloved: I went down to the orchard of walnut trees, to look for the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines had budded or if the pomegranates were in bloom.
Isaiah 58:11
The Lord will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.
Isaiah 61:10-11
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
Jeremiah 31:12
They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion. They will be radiant with joy over the good things the Lord provides, the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil, the young sheep and calves he has given to them. They will be like a well-watered garden and will not grow faint or weary any more.
Hosea 6:3
So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land."
1 Corinthians 6:13
"Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both." The body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
1 Corinthians 7:34
and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.
2 Corinthians 1:22
who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.
Ephesians 1:13
And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) -- when you believed in Christ -- you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,
Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Revelation 7:3
"Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God."
Revelation 21:27
but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.