King James Version
What Does Song of Solomon 4:15 Mean?
“A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.”
Context
13
Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, camphire: or, cypress
14
Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
15
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
16
Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**3. perverteth ... way--**turns him back from right (Pr 13:6; Jas 1:13); and he blames God for his failures.
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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