Song of Solomon 5:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

Song of Solomon 5:11 —

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Cross-References

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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.
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;

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 society…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. head ... gold--the Godhead of Jesus Christ, as distinguished from His heel, that is, His manhood, which was “bruised” by Satan; both together being one Christ (1Co 11:3). Also His sovereignty, as Nebuchadnezzar, the supreme king was “the head of gold” (Da 2:32-38; Col 1:18), the highest creature, compared with Him, is brass, iron, and clay. “Preciousness” (Greek, 1Pe 2:7). bushy--curled, token…