Apples of gold - Probably golden-colored fruit set in baskets (that is, chased vessels of open-worked silver); so is a word spoken upon its …

A word fitly spoken— Or, it may be, at the proper time. .

Apples of gold in pictures of silver— Probably golden-c…

A word fitly spoken
Or, "a word spoken on its wheels" {d}: that proceeds aright, keeps due order, is well circumstan…

A word of counsel, or reproof, rightly spoken, is especially beautiful, as fine fruit becomes still more beautiful in silver baskets.