Song of Solomon 1:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. We - the Trinity implied by the Holy Spirit, whether it was so by the writer of the Song or not. 'The Jews acknowledged God as king, and Messiah as king, in interpreting the Song, but did not know that these two are one' (Leighton).

Make - not merely give.

Borders of gold, with studs (i:e., spots) of silver. Jesus Christ delights to give more "to him that hath." He crowns His own work in us (Isaiah 26:12). The "borders" here answer to "rows" (the same Hebrew term in Song of Solomon 1:10). But here the King seems to give the finish to her attire by adding a crown (borders, rows, or circles of gold studded with silver spots; cf. Esther 2:17). Both the royal and nuptial crown or chaplet. The Hebrew х kalaah (H3618)] for "spouse" (Song of Solomon 4:8) is a perfected or crowned one. The crown is given at once, upon conversion, in title, but in sensible possession afterward (Ezekiel 16:12; Revelation 2:10).

Song of Solomon 1:11

11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.