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Song of Solomon 4:15
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a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon.
You are a garden spring,a well of flowing waterstreaming from Lebanon.
A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, Flowing streams from Levanon. Beloved
A fountain in the gardens, A well of living waters, Which stream from Lebanon.
You are like a garden fountain— a well of fresh water— flowing down from the mountains of Lebanon.
"You are a fountain in a garden, A well of fresh and living water, And streams flowing from Lebanon."
Thou art a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon.
You are a spring in the garden, a fountain of pure water, and a refreshing stream from Mount Lebanon.
You are a garden fountain, a spring of running water, flowing down from the L'vanon.
Thou art a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and flowing streams from Lebanon.
A fountaine of gardens, a well of liuing waters, and streames from Lebanon.
a fountain of a garden, and a well of water springing and gurgling from Libanus.
[Thou art] a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and flowing streams from Lebanon.
You are a garden spring, a well of flowing water streaming down from Lebanon.
A garden fountain, a well of living water, flowing (streams) from Lebanon.
a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters; even flowings from Lebanon.
You are like a garden fountain— a well of fresh water flowing down from the mountains of Lebanon.
You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.
You are a garden fountain, a well of fresh water streaming down from Lebanon's mountains.
You are a garden well, a well of flowing water, and rivers coming from Lebanon."
a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon.
A garden fountain, a well of living waters, - and flowings from Lebanon.
The fountain of gardens: the well of living waters, which run with a strong stream from Libanus.
They are a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, flowing from Lebanon.
Fountains water the garden, streams of flowing water, brooks gushing down from the Lebanon Mountains.
"You are a garden spring, A well of fresh water, And flowing streams from Lebanon."
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
a well of gardens, a well of liuing waters which runne downe from Libanus.
A welle of gardyns, a pit of wallynge watris, that flowen with fersnesse fro the Liban.
A fount of gardens, a well of living waters, And flowings from Lebanon!
A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, Flowing streams from Lebanon. Beloved
a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon.
[You are] a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon.
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
You are a fountain of gardens, a spring of living waters, and flowing waters from Lebanon.
Thou art a well of gardens, a well of lyuynge waters, which renne downe from Libanus.
"You are a garden spring, A well of fresh water, And streams flowing from Lebanon."
You are a garden spring,A well of fresh water,And streams flowing from Lebanon."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fountain: Song of Solomon 4:12, Ecclesiastes 2:6
a well: Psalms 36:8, Psalms 36:9, Psalms 46:4, Jeremiah 2:13, Jeremiah 17:13, John 4:10, John 4:14, John 7:38, Revelation 22:1
streams: Jeremiah 18:13, Jeremiah 18:14
Reciprocal: Genesis 26:19 - springing water Numbers 19:17 - running water shall be put thereto 1 Kings 21:2 - a garden of herbs Isaiah 58:11 - be like
Cross-References
If Kain shalbe auenged seuen folde, truely Lamech, seuentie times seuen folde.
And if ye wil not for these things obey me, then wil I punish you seuen times more, according to your sinnes,
And if ye walke stubburnly against me, and will not obey mee, I will then bring seuen times mo plagues vpon you, according to your sinnes.
Then wil I also walke stubburnly against you, and I will smite you yet seuen times for your sinnes:
Then will I walke stubburnly in mine anger against you, and I will also chastice you seuen times more according to your sinnes.
And also by the hande of Iehu the sonne of Hanani the Prophet, came the worde of the Lord to Baasha, and to his house, that he shoulde be like the house of Ieroboam, euen for all the wickednes that he did in the sight of the Lord, in prouoking him with the worke of his hands, and because he killed him.
Slay them not, least my people forget it: but scatter them abroad by thy power, and put them downe, O Lord our shield,
And render to our neighbours seuen folde into their bosome their reproche, wherewith they haue reproched thee, O Lord.
But if he be founde, he shall restore seuen folde, or he shall giue all the substance of his house.
And the Lord said vnto him, Goe through the middes of the citie, euen through the middes of Ierusalem and set a marke vpon the foreheads of them that mourne, and cry for all the abominations that be done in the middes thereof.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. Some c take these words to be the words of Christ continued, speaking still of his church, and explaining and enlarging upon what he had said of her, Song of Solomon 4:12; but they are rather the words of the church; who, upon hearing herself commended, and knowing that all her fruitfulness, and the flourishing condition she was in, were owing to the grace of Christ, breaks forth in these words, and ascribes all to him, saying, "O fountain of gardens, O well of living waters", c. for so the words may be rendered in the vocative case d. By the "gardens" may be meant particular distinct churches, such as were gathered in the first times of the Gospel, and since, as the churches of Asia, c. separated from the world, and planted with trees of righteousness, such as are before described: and though there are many gardens or churches, there is but one "fountain" which supplies them all with gifts and grace, and that is Christ, and his fulness, the fountain from whence flow all grace, and the blessings of it: who also is the "well of living waters" a well deep and large, fathomless and bottomless, dug by sovereign grace, and full of all grace signified by "waters", for the abundance of it; and said to be "living", because by it dead sinners are quickened, and drooping saints revived; and is ever running e, ever flowing and overflowing; so that there is always a supply for all Christ's gardens, and for all believers in all ages; who, with the bucket of faith, draw water with joy out of this well, or wells of salvation, Isaiah 12:3; and the flows of grace from hence are like "streams from Lebanon", because of the abundance of it; the constant and continued supplies of it; the rapidity and force with which it comes, bearing down all obstacles in its way, and for the pleasure it gives, the flows of it being as delightful and grateful as streams of water in hot countries. Respect seems to be had to several places called by these names; there was one, called "the Fountain of Gardens", which flowed from Lebanon, six miles from Tripoli, and watered all the gardens, whence it had its name, and all the country that lay between these two places f; and there was another, called "the Well of living Waters", a little mile to the south of Tyre; it had four fountains, from whence were cut various aqueducts and rivulets, which watered all the plain of Tyre, and all its gardens; which fountains were little more than a bow's cast from the main sea, and in which space six mills were employed g: and there is a rupture in Mount Lebanon, as Mr. Maundrell h says, which runs up it seven hours' travelling; and which, on both sides, is steep and high, and clothed with fragrant greens from top to bottom; and everywhere refreshed with "fountains", falling down from the rocks, in pleasant cascades, the ingenious work of nature; and Rauwolff i, who was on this mountain in 1575, relates;
"we came (says he) into pleasant groves, by delightful "rivulets" that arose from "springs", that made so sweet a noise, as to be admired by King Solomon, Song of Solomon 4:15;''
and these streams gave rise to some rivers, as Jordan, Eleutherus, &c. k to which the allusion is here. There were two cities, one in the tribe of Judah, and the other in the tribe of Issachar, called Engannim, the fountain of gardens, Joshua 15:34.
c So Cocceius, Schmidt, Heunischius, Marckius, Michaelis. d So Ainsworth, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Marckius. e "Flumine vivo", Virgil. Aeneid. l. 2. v. 715, "Semper fluenti", i.e. "naturali", Servius in ibid. f Adrichom. Theatrum Terrae Sanctum, p. 107, 108. g Ibid. p. 6. h Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 142, 143. i Travels, part. 2. ch. 12. p. 187, 188. Ed. Ray. k Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 20. Joseph. Antiqu. l. 5. c. 3. s. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The loveliness and purity of the bride are now set forth under the image of a paradise or garden fast barred against intruders, filled with rarest plants of excellent fragrance, and watered by abundant streams. Compare Proverbs 5:15-20.
Song of Solomon 4:12
A fountain sealed - i. e., A well-spring covered with a stone Genesis 29:3, and sealed with “the king’s own signet” (Daniel 6:17; compare Matthew 27:66).
Song of Solomon 4:13
Orchard - This is the renderlng here and in Ecclesiastes 2:5 of “pardes” (see Nehemiah 2:8 note). The pomegranate was for the Jews a sacred fruit, and a characteristic product of the land of promise (compare Exodus 28:33-34; Numbers 20:5; Deuteronomy 8:8; 1 Kings 7:18, 1 Kings 7:20). It is frequently mentioned in the Song, and always in connection with the bride. It abounds to this day in the ravines of the Lebanon.
Camphire - Cyprus. See Song of Solomon 1:14 note.
Song of Solomon 4:13-15
Seven kinds of spices (some of them with Indian names, e. g. aloes, spikenard, saffron) are enumerated as found in this symbolic garden. They are for the most part pure exotics which have formed for countless ages articles of commerce in the East, and were brought at that time in Solomon’s ships from southern Arabia, the great Indian Peninsula, and perhaps the islands of the Indian Archipelago. The picture here is best regarded as a purely ideal one, having no corresponding reality but in the bride herself. The beauties and attractions of both north and south - of Lebanon with its streams of sparkling water and fresh mountain air, of Engedi with its tropical climate and henna plantations, of the spice-groves of Arabia Felix, and of the rarest products of the distant mysterious Ophir - all combine to furnish one glorious representation, “Thou art all fair!”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 15. A fountain of gardens — Perhaps גנים gannim, "gardens," was originally ציים chaiyim, "lives," a living fountain, a continual spring. See Houbigant. But this is expressed afterwards; though there would be nothing improper in saying, "a living fountain, a well of living waters, and streams from Mount Lebanon." A fountain of gardens may mean one so abundant as to be sufficient to supply many gardens, to water many plots of ground, an exuberant fountain. This is the allusion; the reference is plain enough.
