Devine Scripture

Song of Solomon 4:12

Song of Solomon chapter 4 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.11Thy lips, O mybride, drop asthe honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

v.12This passage

v.13Thy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 29:3

    And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in its place.

  • Ephesians 1:13

    in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

  • Isaiah 58:11

    and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:13

    Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

  • Song of Solomon 6:2

    My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

  • Isaiah 61:10

    I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.