Song of Solomon 5:11
His head is bright as the finest gold, his locks are like waving foliage, and black as a raven.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
In Context
10My friend is white and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.
Cross References
Leviticus 13:40And if there be a man whose hair of the head fall off, he is a bald head; he is clean.
Song of Solomon 7:5(7:6) Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple: a king is held bound in the tresses.
Daniel 7:9I was looking until chairs were set down, and an Ancient of days seated himself, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of whose head was like clean wool; his chair was like flames of fire, and his wheels like fire that burnt;
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 5:10-16
Enquiring after the Excellencies of Christ; The Church's Confidence in Christ. 9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. 11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. 13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as… Read the whole commentary →