Song of Solomon 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

A garden inclosed. — Comp. with this passage Song of Solomon 4:12-15; Proverbs 5:15; Proverbs 5:21. The closed or walled garden and the sealed fountain appear to have been established metaphors for the pure and chaste wife. For the latter, at least, there is not only the above passage in Proverbs, but a prayer still in use in Jewish marriages: “Suffer not a stranger to enter into the sealed fountain,” &c

Song of Solomon 4:12

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