Song of Solomon 4:12
A locked-up garden is my sister, [my] bride; a locked-up spring, a sealed fountain.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
In Context
13Thy sprouts are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits, copher and spikenard;
Cross References
Genesis 29:3And there all the flocks were wont to assemble; and they rolled then the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep; and they put the stone again upon the mouth of the well in its place.
Song of Solomon 6:2My beloved is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Isaiah 58:11And the Lord will guide thee continually, and will satisfy thy soul in times of famine, and will strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water, the waters of which will never deceive.
Jeremiah 31:12(31:11) And they shall come and sing on the height of Zion, and shall come together as a stream to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flocks and of the herds, and their soul shall be as a well-watered garden; and they shall not farther experience grief any more.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 4:9-15
The Love of Christ to the Church. 8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. 9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! 11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as… Read the whole commentary →