Song of Solomon 5:11 KJV — MannaFest

Song of Solomon 5:11

His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

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ASV

His head isasthe most fine gold; His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

WEB

His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.

YLT

His head is pure gold--fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,

DBT

His head is [as] the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;

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Song of Solomon — Love poetry in eight chapters — the Bible's most surprising book. A chiastic structure; a bride and bridegroom alternating in dialogue; and a three-school interpretive tradition the site surfaces without adjudication.

Author: Traditional: Solomon (1:1 ''the song of songs, which is Solomon's''). Critical: the ''of Solomon'' construction allows ''about Solomon'' or ''to Solomon'' and opens the authorship question. §7.9 surfaces; most readings keep Solomonic association.
Date: Solomonic reading: c. 965–930 BC. Critical reading: later editorial compilation.

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Song of Solomon 5:2
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Daniel 7:9
I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Revelation 1:14
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Ephesians 1:21–22
Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
Song of Solomon 7:5
Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

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These words are Christ's answer to the church's prayer in the close of the foregoing chapter, Let my beloved come into his garden; here he has come, and lets her know it. See how ready God is to hear prayer, how ready Christ is to accept the invitations that his people give him, though we are backward to hear his calls and accept his invitations.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The Hebrew is (pendulous as) the branches of a palm, which, when in leaf, resemble waving plumes of feathers. black--implying youth; no "gray hairs" (Ps 102:27; Jesus Christ was crucified in the prime of vigor and manliness. In heaven, on the other hand, His hair is "white," He being the Ancient of days (Da 7:9).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

We need not aim at a distinct application of this and the following particulars, unto some special excellency of Christ, because such things are mere conjectures, and the only design of this description is, to set forth the beauty of Christ under the notion of a most amiable person, in whom there is no defect or blemish, from the crown of his head to the sole of his feet.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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