the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Song of Solomon 5:11
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His head is finest gold, his wavy hair is black as a raven.
His head is the most fine gold; His locks are bushy, [and] black as a raven.
His head is like the finest gold; his hair is wavy and black like a raven.
His head is like the purest gold. His hair is curly—black like a raven.
His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.
His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.
"His head is like [precious] gold, pure gold; His hair is [curly] like clusters of dates And black as a raven.
His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.
His heed is best gold; hise heeris ben as the bowis of palm trees, and ben blake as a crowe.
His head is [as] the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, [and] black as a raven.
His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy, 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 delicate gold; his hair is thick, and black as a raven.
His head is like the finest gold; his locks are wavy and black as a raven.
His head is [as] the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;
His head is like the purest gold. His hair is curly and as black as a raven.
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven.
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and blacke as a Rauen.
His head is like gold, pure gold. His hair has waves and is black as a raven.
His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.
His head is as fine golde, his lockes curled, and blacke as a rauen.
His head is like the finest gold, his locks straight and black as a raven.
His face is bronzed and smooth; his hair is wavy, black as a raven.
His head, is pure gold, - his locks, are bushy, black as a raven;
His head is as the finest gold: his locks as branches of palm trees, black as a raven.
His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.
His head is as the most fine golde, the lockes of his heere are busshed, & blacke as a crowe.
His head is as very fine gold, his locks are flowing, black as a raven.
His head is purest gold.His hair is wavyand black as a raven.
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 gold, refined gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.
His head is like refined gold; His locks are bushy and black as a raven.
His head [is] pure gold -- fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,
his heade is the most fyne golde, the lockes of his hayre are bu?shed, browne as the euenynge:
"His head is like gold, pure gold; His locks are like clusters of dates And black as a raven.
"His head is like gold, pure gold; His locks are like clusters of dates And black as a raven.
His head is like gold, fine gold;His locks are like clusters of datesAnd black as a raven.
Contextual Overview
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
head: Daniel 2:37, Daniel 2:38, Ephesians 1:21, Ephesians 1:22
his locks: Song of Solomon 7:5, Daniel 7:9, Revelation 1:14
bushy: or, curled
Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:40 - hair is fallen off his head Song of Solomon 4:1 - thy hair
Gill's Notes on the Bible
His head [is as] the most fine gold,.... Here the church enters into a particular description and commendation of her beloved, which continues to the end of the chapter; and she begins with his "head", which she compares to the most fine gold. Some think that some ornament of the head is meant, as a diadem or crown of gold; or else the hair of the head, which, though afterwards said to be black, yet being powdered with gold dust, looked of the colour of gold, especially in the rays of the sun upon it; as did the hair of Solomon's youths that attended him, being thus decorated, as Josephus u relates; and which custom of powdering the hair with gold dust was used by some of the Roman emperors w. The gold here is called "gold of Phaz", or "Uphaz", as in Daniel 10:5. "Fez", with the Arabs, signifies gold; the city of Fez had its name from hence; in a place where it was built, a quantity of gold was found in it, which gave it its name x: according to Schultens y, gold is called "phaz", from its leaping as it were out of the clods of the earth, and shining forth and glistering after a shower of rain falling on the earth, where there is a mine of it, by which means it is discovered; and of such gold, as the finest and purest, Diodorus Siculus z speaks, as found in Arabia; and which, from the purity of it, was called "apyron", because it needed no purifying by fire: and this being the best and finest, is used to express the superlative excellence of Christ; for it may be rendered, "the gold of gold" a, there is none like it. By Christ's "head" some understand the Father of Christ, said to be the Head of Christ,
1 Corinthians 11:3 not as Christ is a divine Person, but as man and Mediator; who, as such, was subject to his Father, supported and upheld by him; and who, for his excellent glory, is compared to the most fine gold, there being no glory like his. Or else the divine nature in Christ may be meant, which is the head, the chief and principal nature in him; which puts a glory on him, and an efficacy in all he did and suffered; and which is like pure, fine, shining gold, in which all the perfections of deity shine resplendently. Or rather the headship of Christ over his church is meant; as Nebuchadnezzar's monarchy is represented by a head of gold, Daniel 2:32; so Christ's, because his kingdom is great and glorious, pure and spiritual, solid and substantial, lasting and durable, yea, everlasting;
his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven; which figures are used to set forth the beauty and comeliness of Christ: thick, bushy, well set hair, or "pendulous" b, as some render the word, hanging down upon the forehead and cheeks in a beautiful manner, makes very comely; and black hair was reckoned comely c; and the blackness of a raven is accounted a very fine black: and naturalists d say, that the eggs, brains, and blood of ravens, have been used to make the hair black. By these "bushy [and] black locks" of Christ some understand the thoughts and purposes of God, the Head of Christ; which, like hair, and like black bushy hair, are intricate, dark, and obscure, unsearchable and incomprehensible; and yet, so far as known, are beautiful and delightful; especially as they appear in the scheme of salvation, drawn in the eternal mind: or rather, as by others, believers in Christ are meant, for their numbers, dependence on Christ, and nourishment from him; Daniel 2:32- :; and, being like "locks" of hair beautifully set, as when congregated and united together in Gospel order, are an ornament to Christ the Head, and afford a delightful sight to spectators, Colossians 2:5; and these being like "crisped" or "curled" hair e, as some render the word, may denote the hardiness and strength of believers, to perform duty, withstand enemies, and endure hardness, as good soldiers of Christ; curled hair being the hardest and strongest f. But it seems best to understand by them the administrations of Christ's kingly office; which are executed with the utmost prudence, vigour, and strength; for curled hair is a sign of a dry brain g, which produces acuteness and sharpness of wit, as well as of vigour, strength, and courage; and which, how dark and obscure they may seem to be, and to carry in them severity to enemies; yet being managed with wisdom, as before observed, and also according to the rules of justice and equity, look very beautiful when made manifest, and are admired by the saints, Revelation 15:3.
u Antiqu. l. 8. c. 7. s. 3. w Vid. Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 3. c. 9. col. 154. x Leo African. Descript. Africae, l. 3. p. 273. y Comment. in Prov. viii. 19. xxi. 5. z Bibliothec. l. 2. p. 133. & l. 3. p. 179. a כתם פז "aurum auri", Mercerus. b תלתלים "penduli", Arabic, Bochart, so Jarchi. c "Spectandum----nigroque capillo", Horat. de Arte Poet. v. 37, "nigroque crine decorum", ib. Sermon. l. 1. Ode 32. v. 11. d Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 29. c. 6. Aelian de Animal. l. 1. c. 48. e "Crispi", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Cocceius "crispaturae", Buxtorf. Marckius. f Aristot. de Gen. Animal. l. 5. c. 3. g Ibid.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
His head is as the most fine gold - Perhaps in the sense of noble and precious as the finest gold. Lamentations 4:2.
Bushy - Waving like branches of the palm.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 11. His head is as the most fine gold — He has the most beautiful head, fine and majestic. Gold is here used to express excellence.
His locks are bushy — Crisped or curled. This may refer to his mustachios.
Black as a raven. — His hair is black and glossy.
