Song of Solomon 5:10

My beloved. The Shulamite describes him further to them. See Structure (above).

the chiefest among ten thousand. distinguished or conspicuous above thousands. Hebrew "signalized as by. banner".

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My beloved is white and ruddy - Compare 1 Samuel 16:12 ; Daniel 7:9 . The complexion most admired in youth. Jewish interpreters remark that he...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My beloved is white and ruddy— Fair and bright. Bochart. The chiefest among ten thousand. Pitts, in his account of his return from Mecca, thus...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

MYSTICAL INTERPRETATIONS THUS far we have been considering the bare, literal sense of the text. It cannot be denied that, if only to lead up to th...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. The Church in this verse begins her answer, and had she said no more than what she s...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My beloved [is] white and ruddy ,.... This, and the following verses, contain the church's answer to the question of the daughters; she first gives...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. Ver. 10. My beloved is white and ruddy, &c. ] Love lacks no rhetoric to lay...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My beloved is white and ruddy The white may denote his pure and spotless innocence, and the ruddy colour, his bloody passion. His head is as t...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Enquiring after the Excellencies of Christ; The Church's Confidence in Christ....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

White and ruddy; which two colours rightly mixed together make a face beautiful. Or the white may note his pure and spotless innocency, and the b...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

In her continuing dream the YOUNG WIFE gives her response “My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 5:9 . What is thy beloved more than another beloved? To address this question to Pharaoh's daughter, had been the highest insult....
The Biblical Illustrator

What is thy Beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women. The incomparable Bridegroom and His bride I want to address some ear...
The Biblical Illustrator

My Beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. Christ’s perfection and precedence The spouse in this verse styles her Lord, “m...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Church Praises her Bridegroom
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

My Beloved is white and ruddy, fair and with the color of health, the chiefest among ten thousand, distinguished above a myriad, an unequaled Champ...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

White — The white may denote his pure and spotless innocency, and the ruddy colour his bloody passion.

¹⁰ My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefestc among ten thousand.

Related Commentaries of Song of Solomon 5:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Song of Solomon 5:10