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.

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  1. Song of Songs 4:15 Or I am (spoken by She)

12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

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12 A garden [a]enclosed
Is my sister, my spouse,
A spring shut up,
A fountain sealed.
13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates
With pleasant fruits,
Fragrant henna with spikenard,
14 Spikenard and saffron,
Calamus and cinnamon,
With all trees of frankincense,
Myrrh and aloes,
With all the chief spices—
15 A fountain of gardens,
A well of (A)living waters,
And streams from Lebanon.

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  1. Song of Solomon 4:12 locked or barred

12 A garden locked is my (A)sister, my bride,
    a spring locked, (B)a fountain (C)sealed.
13 Your shoots are (D)an orchard of pomegranates
    with all (E)choicest fruits,
    (F)henna with (G)nard,
14 nard and saffron, (H)calamus and (I)cinnamon,
    with all trees of (J)frankincense,
(K)myrrh and (L)aloes,
    with all (M)choice spices—
15 a garden fountain, a well of (N)living water,
    and flowing streams from (O)Lebanon.

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