11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
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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: …
Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
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.
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.
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-16)Here is, I. The question which the daughters of Jerusalem put to the spouse concerning her beloved, in answer to the charge she had given them, Song 5:9. Observe, 1. The respectful title they give to the spouse: O thou fairest among women ! Our Lord Jesus makes his spouse truly amiable, not only in his eyes, but in the eyes of all the daughters of Jerusalem. The church is the most excellent societ…
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