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Song of Songs 4:15
15You are a garden fountain, a well of fresh water streaming down from Lebanon’s mountains.
Song of Songs 4:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
- New International Version (NIV)You are a garden fountain, a well of flowing water streaming down from Lebanon.
- English Standard Version (ESV)a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.
Context of Song of Songs 4:15
13Your thighs shelter a paradise of pomegranates with rare spices— henna with nard, 14nard and saffron, fragrant calamus and cinnamon, with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes, and every other lovely spice. You are a garden fountain, a well of fresh water streaming down from Lebanon’s mountains. 16Awake, north wind! Rise up, south wind! Blow on my garden and spread its fragrance all around. Come into your garden, my love; taste its finest fruits.
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מַעְיַ֣ן גַּנִּ֔ים בְּאֵ֖ר מַ֣יִם חַיִּ֑ים וְנֹזְלִ֖ים מִן־לְבָנֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Commentaries on Song of Songs 4:15
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-15Verses 8-15 Observe the gracious call Christ gives to the church. It is, 1. A precept; so this is Christ's call to his church to come off from the world. These hills seem pleasant, but there are in them lions' dens; they are mountains of the leopards. 2. As a promise; many shall be brought as members of the church, from every point. The church shall be delivered from her persecutors in due time, though now she dwells among lions, Ps. 57:4. Christ's heart…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-16The marriage is now complete. This poem is the first "descriptive poem" in the book (see also Song of Solomon 5:10–16; 6:4–6; 7:2–8). Scholars often call these poems by the Arabic term wasf (meaning "description"). These poems are similar to songs sung at modern Arabic weddings. They are preludes to sexual intimacy. In describing physical beauty, they often start at the head and move downward.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. of--This pleasure-ground is not dependent on mere reservoirs; it has a fountain sufficient to water many "gardens" (plural). living--(Jr 17:8; Joh 4:13, 14; 7:38, 39). from Lebanon--Though the fountain is lowly, the source is lofty; fed by the perpetual snows of Lebanon, refreshingly cool (Jr 18:14), fertilizing the gardens of Damascus. It springs upon earth; its source is heaven. It is now not "sealed," but open "streams" (Re 22:17).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 15A garden fountain All this refers back to, “your arid fields” and he praises them (comparing them to) a fountain that waters them, and this figure of speech symbolizes the immersions of purity which the daughters of Israel immerse themselves.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Song of Songs 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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