KJV King James Version
His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.
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Song of Solomon 5:11
His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
WEB World English Bible
His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.
ASV American Standard Version
His head is as the most fine gold; His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
His head is pure gold—fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 5
8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick of love.
9 What [is] thy beloved more than [another] beloved, O thou fairest among women? what [is] thy beloved more than [another] beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
10 My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
11 His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.
12 His eyes [are] as [the eyes] of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, [and] fitly set.
13 His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers: his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
14 His hands [are as] gold rings set with the beryl: his belly [is as] bright ivory overlaid [with] sapphires.
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Cross-references
Daniel 7:9I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment [was] white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne [was like] the fiery flame, [and] his wheels [as] burning fire.Song of Solomon 5:2I sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, [and] my locks with the drops of the night.Song of Solomon 7:5Thine head upon thee [is] like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king [is] held in the galleries.Ephesians 1:21-22Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:Revelation 1:14His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes [were] as a flame of fire;Daniel 2:37-38Thou, O king, [art] a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
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