Song of Solomon 4:12

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11With sweetness, thy lips do drip, O bride,—Honey and milk, are under thy tongue, and, the fragrance of thy garments, is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

13Thy buddings forth, are a paradise of pomegranates, with precious fruits,—henna bushes, with nard blossoms:

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Cross References

Genesis 29:3so they gather together thither all the flocks, and roll away the stone from off the mouth of the well, and water the sheep,—and put back the stone upon the mouth of the well, to its place.

Song of Solomon 6:2[SHE] My beloved, is gone down to his garden, to the beds of balsam,—to pasture in the gardens, and to gather lilies,

Isaiah 58:11Then will Yahweh guide thee continually, And will satisfy, [even] in scorched regions thine own soul, Yea thy very bones, will he invigorate,—So shall thou become like a garden well—watered, And like a spring of water whose waters do not deceive;

Jeremiah 31:12Then shall they come in and shall shout in triumph on the height of Zion, And shall stream unto the goodness of Yahweh To the wheat, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flocks and of the herds,—So shall their soul become like a garden well watered, And they shall not again languish any more.

1 Corinthians 6:13Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods; but, God, will set aside, both it and them. The body, however, is not for fornication, but, for the Lord,—and, the Lord, for the body.

1 Corinthians 7:34And he is divided; and, the unmarried woman, or the virgin, is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy [both] in her body and in her spirit; but, she that hath married, is anxious for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

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 →

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