Sapientiæ 6:10

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

Descendi in hortum nucum,
ut viderem poma convallium,
et inspicerem si floruisset vinea,
et germinassent mala punica.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Qui futurus est, jam vocatum est nomen ejus ; et scitur quod homo sit, et non possit contra fortiorem se in judicio contendere.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
"Quae est ista, quae progreditur quasi aurora consurgens, pulchra ut luna, electa ut sol, terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata?".

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Who: Song of Solomon 3:6, Song of Solomon 8:5, Isaiah 63:1, Revelation 21:10, Revelation 21:11

looketh: 2 Samuel 23:4, Job 11:17, Proverbs 4:18, Isaiah 58:8, Hosea 6:5, Revelation 22:16

fair: Job 31:26, Ephesians 5:27

clear: Psalms 14:5, Malachi 4:2, Matthew 13:43, Matthew 17:2, Revelation 10:1, Revelation 12:1, Revelation 21:23, Revelation 22:5

terrible: Song of Solomon 6:4, Romans 8:37

Reciprocal: Exodus 24:10 - in his clearness Numbers 10:28 - according Numbers 24:2 - abiding Song of Solomon 2:14 - thy countenance Song of Solomon 5:9 - O thou Song of Solomon 6:1 - O thou

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who is she [that] looketh forth as the morning?.... These words may be connected with the preceding, by a supplement of the word "saying"; and so may express what the daughters said, when they blessed and praised the church, wondering at her beauty, it being like the rising morning; so Helena is said to show her beautiful face, αως

αντελλοισα, as the morning, when it springs forth n: there was a city in the tribe of Reuben, called Zarethshahar, the beauty or splendour of the morning, Joshua 13:19. Homer often describes the morning by her rosy fingers o, and as clothed with a saffron garment p, and as beautiful and divine q, and fair haired r; and as on a golden throne and beautiful s. And as these words describe the progressive gradations of light, so they may set forth the state and condition of the church in the several ages of the world; its first state in this clause, which may reach from the first dawn of light to Adam, Genesis 3:15; increasing in the times of the patriarchs, Noah, Abraham, and Jacob, and in which and to whom were various displays of Gospel light and grace; to the time of the giving of the law by Moses, when the church might be said to be

fair as the moon; which, though it receives its light from the sun, yet splendour and brightness are ascribed to it, Job 31:26; and, by other writers t, is represented as fair and beautiful; and the beautiful form of persons is expressed by it u: and very fitly is the state of the church under the law signified by the moon, by which the ceremonial law seems intended, in Revelation 12:1; that lying much in the observation of new moons, by the which the several festivals under the law were regulated; and which law gave light in the night of Jewish darkness, into the person, offices, and grace of Christ; and though it was imperfect, variable, waxed old, and at length vanished away, yet the church under it was "fair"; there being a beauty and amiableness in the worship of that dispensation, Psalms 27:4. The next clause, "clear as the sun", may describe the church under the Gospel dispensation; when the "sun of righteousness" arose, and made the famous Gospel day; when the shadows of the old law fled away, Christ, the substance, being come; when there were more light and knowledge, and a clear discerning of spiritual and evangelic things: and, in all those periods, the church was "terrible as [an army] with banners"; to her enemies, being in a militant state; Psalms 27:4- :. The whole of this may be applied to particular believers; who, at first conversion, "look forth as the morning", their light being small, but increasing; and, as to their sanctification, are "fair as the moon", having their spots and imperfections, and deriving all their light, grace, and holiness, from Christ; and, as to their justification,

clear as the sun, being clothed with Christ, the sun of righteousness,

Revelation 12:1; and so all fair and without spot;

[and] terrible as [an army] with banners, fighting the good fight of faith, under the banners of Christ, against all spiritual enemies.

n Theocrit. Idyll. 18. v. 26. o ροδοδακτυλος ηως, Iliad. 1. v. 477. & passim. p ηως κροκοπεπλος, Iliad. 8, v. 1. & 19. v. 1. q Iliad. 18. v. 255. r Odyss. 5. v. 390. s Odyss. 15. v. 56, 250. t "Tanto formosis, formosior omnibus illa est", Ovid. Leander Heroni, v. 73. "Pulchrior tanto tua forma lucet", Senecae Hippolylus, Act. 2. chorus, v. 740. u Vid. Barthii Animadv. ad Claudian. de Nupt. Honor. v. 243.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The chorus address the bride here only as the Shulamite, and beg her to perform for their entertainment a sacred dance (see Song of Solomon 6:13) of her own country. The bride, after complying with their request, while they sing some stanzas in her praise Song of Solomon 7:1-5, and after receiving fresh commendations from the king Song of Solomon 7:6-10, invites him to return with her to her mother’s house Song of Solomon 7:11-4. Many Jewish allegorists interpret the whole as referring to the times of the second temple, and to the present dispersion of Israel, during which, God continuing to vouchsafe His mercy, Israel prays for final restoration, the coming of Messiah, and the glory of the latter day. Christian interpreters have made similar applications to the now militant Church looking for the Second Advent, or to the ancient synagogue praying for the Incarnation.

As the morning - The glorious beauty of the bride bursts upon them like a second dawn, as she comes forth to meet them at the commencement of another day. Special poetical words are used for “sun” (burning heat) and “moon” (white one). The same terms are applied to sun and moon in Isaiah 24:23; Isaiah 30:26.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 10. Looketh forth as the morning — The bride is as lovely as the dawn of day, the Aurora, or perhaps the morning star, VENUS. She is even more resplendent, she is as beautiful as the MOON. She even surpasses her, for she is as clear and bright as the SUN; and dangerous withal to look on, for she is as formidable as the vast collection of lights that burn by night at the head of every company in a numerous caravan. Song of Solomon 6:4. The comparison of a fine woman to the splendour of an unclouded full moon is continually recurring in the writings of the Asiatic poets.