Song of Solomon 3:11 BSB

Song of Solomon 3:11

Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

BSB

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ASV

Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon, With the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.

KJV

Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

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Commentary

4 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On Isaac and the Soul, 5.46 (397)

Therefore, when the bride reaches the rest of the bridegroom, they sing a wedding song, saying to the daughters of Jerusalem: Go forth and see King Solomon, in the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding. They sing the wedding hymn and invite the other powers of heaven, or souls, to see the love that Christ has for the daughters of Jerusalem.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

FRAGMENTS IN THE COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 3:11 (444)

The church forged from the Gentiles says this: "Go forth and see." But what it calls the day of his wedding is the day of his passion, when he married the church by his blood.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion - This is the exhortation of the companions of the bride to the females of the city to examine the superb appearance of the bridegroom, and especially the nuptial crown, which appears to have been made by Bathsheba, who it is supposed might have lived till the time of Solomon’s marriage with the daughter of Pharaoh. It is conjectured that the prophet refers to a nuptial crown, Isa 61:10. But a crown, both on the bride and bridegroom, was common among most people on such occasions.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
צְאֶ֧ינָה׀	tze.'Ei.nah	come out	H3318 →
וּֽרְאֶ֛ינָה	u.re.'Ei.nah	and look	H7200 →
בְּנ֥וֹת	be.Not	O daughters of	H1323 →
צִיּ֖וֹן	tzi.Yon	Zion	H6726 →
בַּמֶּ֣לֶךְ	ba.Me.lekh	on the king	H4428 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
בָּעֲטָרָ֗ה	ba.'a.ta.Rah	on the crown	H5850 →
שֶׁעִטְּרָה־	she.'i.te.rah-	that <she> crowned	H5849 →
לּ֤וֹ	lo	<to> him
אִמּוֹ֙	'i.Mo	mother his	H517 →
בְּי֣וֹם	be.Yom	on [the] day of	H3117 →
חֲתֻנָּת֔וֹ	cha.tu.na.To	wedding his	H2861 →
וּבְי֖וֹם	u.ve.Yom	and on [the] day of	H3117 →
שִׂמְחַ֥ת	sim.Chat	[the] rejoicing of	H8057 →
לִבּֽוֹ׃ ס	li.Bo	heart his	H3820 →

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Revelation 1:7
Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
leads to
- Matthew 24:30
  At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds…
- Zechariah 12:10
  Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They…
- Daniel 7:13
  In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led…
- John 19:37
  And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”
- Mark 14:62
  “I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
Through
Jeremiah 2:2
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness,…
leads to
- Ezekiel 16:60
  But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
- Ezekiel 16:8
  Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a…
- Jeremiah 11:6
  Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.

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