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Song of Solomon 5:11

5:10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. the chiefest: Heb. a standard bearer
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. bushy: or, curled

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His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.

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

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

5:12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. fitly: Heb. sitting in fulness, that is, fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring

What does Song of Solomon 5:11 mean?

Song of Solomon 5:11 is a verse in the book of Song of Solomon, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh), כֶּתֶם (kethem), פָּז (pâz). It connects to 16 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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His
headרֹאשׁrôʼsh/roshe/H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
is
as
the
mostכֶּתֶםkethem/keh'-them/H3800properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined)
fine
gold,פָּזpâz/pawz/H6337pure (gold); hence, gold itself (as refined)
his
locksקְוֻצָּהqᵉvutstsâh/kev-oots-tsaw'/H6977a forelock (as shorn)
are
bushy,תַּלְתַּלtaltal/tal-tal'/H8534a trailing bough (as pendulous)
and
blackשָׁחֹרshâchôr/shaw-khore'/H7838properly, dusky, but also (absol.) jetty
as
a
raven.עֹרֵבʻôrêb/o-rabe'/H6158a raven (from its dusky hue)
bushy:
or,
curled

Commentary on Song of Solomon 5:11

HENRY_FULL · Song of Solomon 5:10–11
ich gold could not do, and would stand him in stead when the wealth of the world would fail him. 2. The ground of his love. He loved all God's commandments because he esteemed them to be right, all reasonable and just, and suited to the end for which they were made. They are all as they should be, and no fault can be found with them; and we must love them because they bear God's image and are the revelations of his will. If we thus consent to the law that it is good, we shall delight in it after the inner man. 3. The fruit and evidence of this love: He hated every false way. The way of sin being directly contrary to God's precepts, which are right, is a false way, and therefore those that have a love and esteem for God's law hate it and will not be reconciled to it. 17. PE. 129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. See here how David was affected towards the word of God. 1. He admired it, as most excellent in itself: Thy testimonies are wonderful. The word of God gives us admirable discoveries of God, and Christ, and another world; admirable proofs of divine love and grace. The majesty of the style, the purity of the matter, the harmony of the parts, are all wonderful. Its effects upon the consciences of men, both for conviction and comfort, are wonderful; and it is a sign that we are not acquainted with God's testimonies, or do not understand them, if we do not admire them. 2. He adhered to it as of constant use to him: " Therefore doth my soul keep them, as a treasure of inestimable value, which I cannot be without." We do not keep them to any purpose unless our souls keep them. There they must be deposited, as the tables of t

Cross-references

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Proverbs 1:4

To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. discretion: or, advisement

Proverbs 1:22

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:23

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: lamp: or, candle

Proverbs 9:4

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. no: Heb. no morning

Luke 1:77

To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, by: or, for

Acts 26:18

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Romans 16:18

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

Romans 16:19

For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. simple: or, harmless

2 Corinthians 4:4

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. hath: Gr. is he who hath

Ephesians 5:13

But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. reproved: or, discovered

Ephesians 5:14

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. he: or, it

2 Timothy 3:15

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

2 Peter 1:19

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Song of Solomon 5:11.

Isaiah 13:12

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

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.

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What does Song of Solomon 5:11 say?

Song of Solomon 5:11 (King James Version) reads: "His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. bushy: or, curled"

Is Song of Solomon 5:11 in the Old or New Testament?

Song of Solomon 5:11 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Song of Solomon.

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