Song of Solomon 4:12
Modern Translations
New International Version
You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.

New Living Translation
You are my private garden, my treasure, my bride, a secluded spring, a hidden fountain.

English Standard Version
A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring locked, a fountain sealed.

Berean Study Bible
My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

New American Standard Bible
“A locked garden is my sister, my bride, A locked spring, a sealed fountain.

NASB 1995
"A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.

NASB 1977
“A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.

Amplified Bible
“A garden enclosed is my sister, my [promised] bride— A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.

Christian Standard Bible
My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden — a locked garden and a sealed spring.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden-- a locked garden and a sealed spring.

Contemporary English Version
My bride, my very own, you are a garden, a fountain closed off to all others.

Good News Translation
My sweetheart, my bride, is a secret garden, a walled garden, a private spring;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My bride, my sister is a garden that is locked, a garden that is locked, a spring that is sealed.

International Standard Version
My sister, my bride, is a locked garden a locked rock garden, a sealed up spring.

NET Bible
You are a locked garden, my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

New King James Version
A garden enclosed Is my sister, my spouse, A spring shut up, A fountain sealed.

King James 2000 Bible
A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

New Heart English Bible
A locked up garden is my sister, my bride; a locked up spring, a sealed fountain.

World English Bible
A locked up garden is my sister, my bride; a locked up spring, a sealed fountain.

American King James Version
A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

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

A Faithful Version
An enclosed garden is My dearly beloved, My bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Darby Bible Translation
A garden enclosed is my sister, [my] spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
My sister my spouse is as a garden inclosed, as a spring shut vp, and a fountaine sealed vp.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
A garden well locked is my sister, my spouse: a garden well locked, and a sealed well.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Thou art a well kepte garden (o my sister, my spouse) thou art a well kepte water sprynge, a sealed well.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
A garden shut up [is] my sister-spouse, "" A spring shut up—a fountain sealed.

Young's Literal Translation
A garden shut up is my sister-spouse, A spring shut up -- a fountain sealed.

Smith's Literal Translation
A garden shut up, my sister, O bride; a reservoir shut up, a fountain sealed.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
My sister, my spouse, is a garden enclosed, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed up.

Catholic Public Domain Version
An enclosed garden is my sister, my spouse: an enclosed garden, a sealed fountain.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
A garden that is enclosed is my sister bride! A garden that is enclosed, a spring that is sealed

Lamsa Bible
A garden enclosed is my sister, my bride; yea, a garden guarded, a fountain sealed.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
My sister, my spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.
















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