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Song of Songs 4:12-5:1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Song of Songs 4:12-5:1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
The Lover’s Garden
12 M(A) A garden enclosed, my sister, my bride,
a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed![a]
13 Your branches are a grove of pomegranates,
with fruits of choicest yield:
Henna with spikenard,
14 spikenard and saffron,
Sweet cane and cinnamon,
with all kinds of frankincense;
Myrrh and aloes,
with all the finest spices;[b]
15 A garden fountain, a well of living water,
streams flowing from Lebanon.
16 Awake,[c] north wind!
Come, south wind!
Blow upon my garden
that its perfumes may spread abroad.
W Let my lover come to his garden
and eat its fruits of choicest yield.
Chapter 5
1 M(B) I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride;
I gather my myrrh with my spices,
I eat my honeycomb with my honey,
I drink my wine with my milk.
D? Eat, friends; drink!
Drink deeply, lovers![d]
Footnotes
- 4:12 Garden enclosed…fountain sealed: reserved for the lover alone. Cf. Prv 5:15–19 for similar images used to describe fruitful, committed relationship.
- 4:14 These plants are all known for their sweet fragrance.
- 4:16 Awake: the same verb is used of love in 3:5. The woman may be the speaker of 16a, as it is she who issues the invitation of 16b. His garden: the woman herself.
- 5:1 Eat…lovers: the translation and meaning are uncertain.
Song of Songs 4:12-5:1
New International Version
Song of Songs 4:12-5:1
New International Version
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)
15 You are[a] a garden(J) fountain,(K)
a well of flowing water
streaming down from Lebanon.
She
16 Awake, north wind,
and come, south wind!
Blow on my garden,(L)
that its fragrance(M) may spread everywhere.
Let my beloved(N) come into his garden
and taste its choice fruits.(O)
He
5 I have come into my garden,(P) my sister, my bride;(Q)
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
I have drunk my wine and my milk.(R)
Friends
Eat, friends, and drink;
drink your fill of love.
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 4:15 Or I am (spoken by She)
Song of Songs 7:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Song of Songs 7:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 (A)Let us go early to the vineyards, and see
if the vines are in bloom,
If the buds have opened,
if the pomegranates have blossomed;
There will I give you my love.
Song of Songs 7:13
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Song of Songs 7:13
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