Proverbs 25:11

Verse 11. Time, (Symmachus) “on its wheels,” (Heb.) flowing smoothly, ( Calmet.) or “according to his two faces, is apples of gold in network of silver. The Scriptures have a double sense. The exterior one leads to that sense which is interior, and more excellent. Maimonid. Parkhurst, p. 366.—Gold, oranges.—Beds. On such the kings of Parthia slept, and these metals were very common under Solomon, 3 Kennicott. 10:27. Esther 1:6. Calmet.—Mont. renders mascioth “transparent cases.” Prot. “pictures of silver.”