Verse Comparison: Song of Solomon 4:12
American Standard Version
A garden shut up is my sister, `my' bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Amplified® Bible
A garden enclosed {and} barred is my sister, my [promised] bride--a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Contemporary English Version
My bride, my very own, you are a garden, a fountain closed off to all others.
Darby English Version
A garden enclosed is my sister, [my] spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Good News Bible
My sweetheart, my bride, is a secret garden, a walled garden, a private spring;
King James Version
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
New American Standard Bible
"A garden locked is my sister, {my} bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.
New International Version
You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride;
you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.
New King James Version
A garden enclosed
Is my sister, my spouse,
A spring shut up,
A fountain sealed.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"A garden locked I regard my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.
Revised Standard Version
A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a garden locked, a fountain sealed.
Young's Literal Translation
A garden shut up `is' my sister-spouse, A spring shut up -- a fountain sealed.