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The Locked Garden of Delights Is Unlocked

12 A garden locked is my sister bride,
    a spring enclosed,[a] a fountain sealed.
13 Your shoots[b] are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruit,[c]
    henna with nard;
14 nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon spice with all trees of frankincense,
    myrrh and aloes with all chief spices.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 4:12 Or “a source locked”
  2. Song of Solomon 4:13 Or “your channel”
  3. Song of Solomon 4:13 Literally “fruit of choice things”

12 You are a garden(A) locked up, my sister, my bride;(B)
    you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.(C)
13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates(D)
    with choice fruits,
    with henna(E) and nard,
14     nard and saffron,
    calamus and cinnamon,(F)
    with every kind of incense tree,
    with myrrh(G) and aloes(H)
    and all the finest spices.(I)

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