Song of Solomon 5:11
His head is as fine golde, his lockes curled, and blacke as a rauen.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 welbeloued is white and ruddie, the chiefest of ten thousand.
Cross References
Leviticus 13:40And the man whose heare is fallen off his head, and is balde, is cleane.
Song of Solomon 7:5Thine head vpon thee is as skarlet, and the bush of thine head like purple: the King is tyed in the rafters.
Daniel 7:9I behelde, till the thrones were set vp, and the Ancient of dayes did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the heare of his head like the pure wooll: his throne was like the fierie flame, and his wheeles as burning fire.
Revelation 1:14His head, and heares were white as white wooll, and as snowe, and his eyes were as a flame of fire,
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 →