Song of Solomon 4:12
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Context
This verse from Song of Solomon Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. The lover delivers an extended description of his beloved's beauty from head to waist: hair like a flock of goats, teeth like ewes, cheeks like pomegranate halves, neck like David's tower. He declares her a locked garden and fountain sealed, …
Other Translations
A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
A garden shut up <FI>is<Fi> my sister-spouse, A spring shut up--a fountain sealed.
A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.
Cross References
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, …
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to …
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the …
And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou …
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me …
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it …
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the …
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; …