Song of Solomon 3 · Verse 11

Song of Solomon 3:11

Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

Song of Solomon 3:11, King James Version

Song of Solomon 3:11 in other translations

BSB	Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
WEB	Go out, you daughters of Zion, and see King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.
ASV	Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon, With the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.
YLT	Go forth, and look, ye daughters of Zion, On king Solomon, with the crown, With which his mother crowned him, In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the joy of his heart!
DARBY	Go forth, daughters of Zion, And behold king Solomon With the crown wherewith his mother crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.
BBE	Go out, O daughters of Jerusalem, and see King Solomon, with the crown which his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, and on the day of the joy of his heart.
Webster	Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

What does Song of Solomon 3:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. Go forth--(Mt 25:6). daughters of Zion--spirits of saints, and angels (Is 61:10; Zec 9:9). crown--nuptial (Eze 16:8-12), (the Hebrews wore costly crowns or chaplets at weddings), and kingly (Psa 2:6; Re 19:12). The crown of thorns was once His nuptial chaplet, His blood the wedding wine cup (Joh 19:5). "His mother," that so crowned Him, is the human race, for He is "the Son of man," not merely the son of Mary. The same mother reconciled to Him (Mt 12:50), as the Church, travails in birth for souls, which she presents to Him as a crown (Php 4:1; Re 4:10). Not being ashamed to call the children brethren (He 2:11-14), He calls their mother His mother (Psa 22:9; Ro 8:29; Re 12:1, 2). behold--(2Th 1:10). day of his espousals--chiefly the final marriage, when the number of the elect is complete (Re 6:11). gladness--(Psa 45:15; Is 62:5; Re 19:7). Moody Stuart observes as to this Canticle (So 3:6-5:1), the center of the Book, these characteristics: (1) The bridegroom takes the chief part, whereas elsewhere the bride is the chief speaker. (2) Elsewhere He is either "King" or "Solomon"; here He is twice called "King Solomon." The bride is six times here called the "spouse"; never so before or after; also "sister" four times, and, except in the first verse of the next Canticle [So 5:2], nowhere else. (3) He and she are never separate; no absence, no complaint, which abound elsewhere, are in this Canticle.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion - This is the exhortation of the companions of the bride to the females of the city to examine the superb appearance of the bridegroom, and especially the nuptial crown, which appears to have been made by Bathsheba, who it is supposed might have lived till the time of Solomon's marriage with the daughter of Pharaoh. It is conjectured that the prophet refers to a nuptial crown, Isa 61:10. But a crown, both on the bride and bridegroom, was common among most people on such occasions. The nuptial crown among the Greeks and Romans was only a chaplet or wreath of flowers. In the day of the gladness of his heart - The day in which all his wishes were crowned, by being united to that female whom beyond all others he loved. Here the third day is supposed to end.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 3:6-11

A wilderness is an emblem of the world; the believer comes out of it when he is delivered from the love of its sinful pleasures and pursuits, and refuses to comply with its customs and fashions, to seek happiness in communion with the Saviour. A poor soul shall come up, at last, under the conduct of the Comforter; like a cloud of incense ascending from the altar, or the smoke of the burnt-offerings. This signifies…

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Song of Solomon 3:11 in the original Hebrew

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צְאֶ֧ינָה\׀tze.'Ei.nahcome outH3318

וּֽרְאֶ֛ינָהu.re.'Ei.nahand lookH7200

בְּנ֥וֹתbe.NotO daughters ofH1323

צִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonZionH6726

בַּמֶּ֣לֶךְba.Me.lekhon the kingH4428

שְׁלֹמֹ֑הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010

בָּעֲטָרָ֗הba.'a.ta.Rahon the crownH5850

שֶׁעִטְּרָה\־she.'i.te.rah-that <she> crownedH5849

לּ֤וֹlo<to> him

אִמּוֹ֙'i.Momother hisH517

בְּי֣וֹםbe.Yomon [the] day ofH3117

חֲתֻנָּת֔וֹcha.tu.na.Towedding hisH2861

וּבְי֖וֹםu.ve.Yomand on [the] day ofH3117

שִׂמְחַ֥תsim.Chat[the] rejoicing ofH8057

לִבּֽוֹ\׃\ \סli.Boheart hisH3820

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Cross references for Song of Solomon 3:11

Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Jeremiah 2:2
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Hosea 2:19-20
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
Psalms 9:14
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Revelation 1:7
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Hebrews 13:13
Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
Matthew 12:42
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Song of Solomon 2:7
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Isaiah 4:4
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
Isaiah 3:16-17
Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.
Revelation 19:12
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Go.
7:11; Heb 13:13
O ye.
1:5; 2:7; Ps 9:14; 48:11
behold.
Isa 9:6; Mt 12:42; Php 2:9-11; Heb 2:9; Re 1:7; 19:12
his mother.
8:5; Col 1:18; Re 5:9,10
in the day of his.
Isa 62:5; Jer 2:2; Ho 2:19,20; Joh 3:29; Re 19:7; 22:9,10
in the day of the.
Isa 53:11; Jer 32:41; Zep 3:17; Lu 15:6,7,23,24,32; Joh 15:11

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Context

Song of Solomon 3:10
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Song of Solomon 3:11
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

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Song of Solomon 3:11 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Salid, oh doncellas de Sión, y ved al rey Salomón con la corona con que le coronó su madre el día de su desposorio, y el día del gozo de su corazón.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Sortez, filles de Sion, et voyez le roi Salomon, avec la couronne dont sa mère l’a couronné au jour de ses fiançailles, et au jour de la joie de son cœur.
German Elberfelder 1871	Kommet heraus, Töchter Zions, und betrachtet den König Salomo in der Krone, mit welcher seine Mutter ihn gekrönt hat am Tage seiner Vermählung und am Tage der Freude seines Herzens!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Egredimini et videte, filiæ Sion, regem Salomonem in diademate quo coronavit illum mater sua in die desponsationis illius, et in die lætitiæ cordis ejus.