Song Of Songs Chapter 4 verse 12 Holy Bible
A garden shut up is my sister, `my' bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
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A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.
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A garden enclosed is my sister, [my] spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
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A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
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A locked up garden is my sister, my bride; A locked up spring, A sealed fountain.
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A garden shut up `is' my sister-spouse, A spring shut up -- a fountain sealed.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. We must bear in mind that these words are supposed to be spoken on the journey in the marriage procession. The bride is not yet brought to the royal palace. She is still travelling in the royal palanquin. The idea of a paradise or garden is carried from the beginning of Scripture to the end, the symbol of perfect blessedness. The figure of the closed or shut-up garden represents the bridegroom's delight in the sense of absolute and sole possession - for himself and no other. The language is very natural at such a time, when the bride is being taken from her home. We may compare with the figures here employed those in Proverbs 5:15-20.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) A garden inclosed.--Comp. with this passage Song of Solomon 4:12-15; Proverbs 5:15; Proverbs 5:21. The closed or walled garden and the sealed fountain appear to have been established metaphors for the pure and chaste wife. For the latter, at least, there is not only the above passage in Proverbs, but a prayer still in use in Jewish marriages: "Suffer not a stranger to enter into the sealed fountain," &c
