12 “A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
A [a]rock garden locked, a (A)spring (B)sealed up.
13 “Your shoots are an [b](C)orchard of (D)pomegranates
With (E)choice fruits, (F)henna with nard plants,
14 (G)Nard and saffron, calamus and (H)cinnamon,
With all the trees of (I)frankincense,
(J)Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest [c]spices.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 4:12 Lit stone heap
  2. Song of Solomon 4:13 Or park or paradise
  3. Song of Solomon 4:14 Or balsam odors

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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