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Song of Solomon 6:10
Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses the Shulammite woman immediately after the crowd in Song 6:9 praises her uniqueness. This declaration occurs at a transitional moment before the speaker departs for the walnut grove in Song 6:11.
The words — The Hebrew זֹאת (zot) means "this," functioning as a demonstrative pointer to the woman. The participle נִשְׁקָפָה (nishqafah) translates literally as "looking down," indicating her elevated, radiant posture.
The thread — The text states the woman's appearance mirrors dawn, moon, sun, and procession stars, while Song 6:4 applies similar cosmic and military comparisons to her beauty. Revelation 12:1 later uses sun, moon, and star imagery to frame a woman's heavenly visibility.
Why it lands — The verse presents a direct visual description before allowing symbolic inference about status or divine favor. It requires the reader to acknowledge how earthly beauty is measured against celestial scale.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Cross-references
- Song of Solomon 6:4 You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
- Revelation 12:1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
- Job 31:26 if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
- 2 Samuel 23:4 is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
- Song of Solomon 3:6 Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
- Isaiah 58:8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
- Matthew 17:2 There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
- Ephesians 5:27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
- Revelation 10:1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
- Revelation 22:5 There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.