The Darby Translation DBY
New International Version NIV
12 A garden enclosed is my sister, [my] spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
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You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.
13 Thy shoots are a paradise of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants;
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Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, with henna and nard,
14 Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
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nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree, with myrrh and aloes and all the finest spices.
15 A fountain in the gardens, A well of living waters, Which stream from Lebanon.
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You are a garden fountain, a well of flowing water streaming down from Lebanon.
16 Awake, north wind, and come, [thou] south; Blow upon my garden, [that] the spices thereof may flow forth. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat its precious fruits.
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Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread everywhere. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choice fruits.
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