Song of Solomon 5:14

His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. RINGS SET WITH ... BERYL - Hebrew, Tarshish; so called from the city Tartessus. It answers to the ancient chrysolite, gold in colour, our topaz, one of the stones on the high priests breastplate, also in the foundation of New Jerusalem, (Revelation 21:1.) 'Are as' is plainly to be supplied. See in Song of Solomon 5:13 a similar ellipsis. Not as Moody Stuart, 'have gold rings.' The hands bent in are compared to beautiful rings, in which beryl is set, as the nails are in the fingers. Burrowes explains the rings as cylinders used as signets, such as are found in Nineveh, and which resemble fingers. A ring is the token of sonship. A sl...

9-16 Even those who have little acquaintance with Christ, cannot but see amiable beauty in others who bear his image. There are hopes of those who begin to inquire concerning Christ and his perfections. Christians, who are well acquainted with Christ themselves, should do all they can to make others know something of him. Divine glory makes him truly lovely in the eyes of all who are enlightened to discern spiritual things. He is white in the spotless innocence of his life, ruddy in the bleeding sufferings he went through at his death. This description of the person of the Beloved, would form, in the figurative language of those times, a portrait of beauty of person and of grace of manners; but the aptness of some of the allusions may not appear to us. He shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all that believe. May his love constrain us to live to his glory....

Verse 14. _HIS HANDS - GOLD RINGS SET WITH THE BERYL_] This really seems to refer to _gold rings_ set with precious stones on the fingers, and perhaps to circlets or bracelets about the wrists. Some suppose it to refer to the roundness and exquisite symmetry of the hand and fingers. תרשיש _tarshish_, which we translate _beryl,_ a gem of a sea-green tint, had better be translated _chrysolite_, which is of a _gold_ colour. _HIS BELLY - BRIGHT IVORY OVERLAID_ WITH _SAPPHIRES._] This must refer to some _garment_ set with _precious stones_ which went round his waist, and was peculiarly remarkable. If we take it _literally_, the sense is plain enough. His belly was beautifully white, and the blue veins appearing under the skin resembled the sapphire stone. But one can hardly think that this was intended....

HIS HANDS ... - Are golden rings or cylinders. The fingers of the bent or closed hand are compared to a massive ring or set of rings; or, if outstretched or straightened, to a row of golden rods or cylinders. THE BERYL - The “tarshish” (compare Exodus 28:20), probably the chrysolite of the ancients (so called from its gold color), the modern topaz. HIS BELLY ... - His body (the Hebrew term applies to the whole body, from the shoulders to the thighs) is a piece of ivory workmanship overlaid with sapphires. The sapphire of the ancients seems to have been the lapis lazuli....

EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 5:1 I AM COME INTO MY GARDEN, MY SISTER, MY BRIDE; I HAVE GATHERED MY MYRRH WITH MY SPICE; I HAVE EATEN MY HONEYCOMB WITH MY HONEY; I HAVE DRUNK MY WINE WITH MY MILK. EAT, O FRIENDS; DRINK, YEA, DRINK ABUNDANTLY, O BELOVED. _My myrrh with my balsam _(see 1 Kings 10:10). There were celebrated plantations at Jericho. The Queen of Sheba brought "of spices very great store;" "There came no more such abundance of spices as these which the Queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon." Is there a reference to the conversion of the heathen nations in this? The wine and milk are what God offers to his people (see Isaiah 55:1) without money

HIS HANDS [ARE AS] GOLD RINGS, SET WITH THE BERYL,.... Beryl is with great propriety mentioned, because it was usual to wear it on the fingers z. This was one of the precious stones in the breastplate of the high priest, a type of Christ, Exodus 28:20; one of the pearl foundations of the New Jerusalem, Revelation 21:20; the appearance of the wheels in Ezekiel's vision was like it, Ezekiel 1:16; the body of the glorious person, seen by Daniel, is said to be as that, Daniel 10:6; so that it is no wonder the hands of Christ should be compared to gold rings set with it. The word "tarshish", here rendered by "beryl", is sometimes used for t

CHAPTER 5 The Bridegroom answers the invitation extended to Him when the bride had said, “Let my Beloved come into His (not her) garden.” He says, “I am come into My garden, My sister, My spouse.” She is both “sister and spouse.” When He speaks of her as sister, He owns the national relationship. In Matthew 12:46 He disowned that relationship because they rejected the offer of the kingdom, but now it is reestablished and the godly portion of Israel becomes the spouse. In His garden, the product of His love and His death, He finds now His enjoyment, His joy and His satisfaction. He invites others to come and partake. “Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, beloved ones.” But there is no response here from the side of the bride. She exhibits slothfulness. He is seen now standing outside; His head is filled with the night dew and standing at the door He knocks (See...

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:8 TO SONG OF SOLOMON 6:3. DESCRIPTIVE POEM (_Wasf) :_ THE STRENGTH AND BEAUTY OF THE BRIDEGROOM. On this view, Song of Solomon 5:8 f. is taken as an introduction to the praises of the beloved, and whether there is any real connexion with the dream poem is uncertain. Song of Solomon 5:8. sick: from the disappointment and delays of love. Song of Solomon 5:9. Or, _What kind of a beloved is thy beloved?_...

AS GOLD RINGS. like golden cylinders. SET WITH THE BERYL. adorned with gems of Tarshish (alluding to the nails, of which great care was taken) BRIGHT. polished....

Song of Solomon 5:2 to Song of Solomon 6:3. A Dream On the hypothesis we have adopted, a night must be supposed to intervene between Song of Solomon 5:1. After the interview with the king and that with her lover night came; and as she slept she dreamed one of those troubled dreams consisting of a series of efforts frustrated, which so often follow on an agitated day. On the following morning she narrates the dream to the ladies of the court. Song of Solomon 5:2-7 relate the dream. In Song of S