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The Bride

Song of Songs 5:11

In 11 translations

BSB
His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
KJV
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.bushy: or, curled
WEB
His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.
ASV
His head is as the most fine gold; His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
LSV
His head [is] pure gold—fine gold, || His locks flowing, dark as a raven,
YLT
His head [is] pure gold — fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,
DBY
His head is [as] the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;
DRC
His head is as the finest gold: his locks as branches of palm trees, black as a raven.
GNV
His head is as fine golde, his lockes curled, and blacke as a rauen.
JPS
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven.
LXXE
His head is as very fine gold, his locks are flowing, black as a raven.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
רֹאשׁ֖וֹ כֶּ֣תֶם פָּ֑ז קְוּצּוֹתָיו֙ תַּלְתַּלִּ֔ים שְׁחֹר֖וֹת כָּעוֹרֵֽב׃We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.
LXX-Br
Κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ χρυσίον κεφὰζ, βόστρυχοι αὐτοῦ ἐλάται, μέλανες ὡς κόραξ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 1:14The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
  • Ephesians 1:21–22far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for…
  • Daniel 7:9As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels…
  • Song of Songs 5:2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
  • Song of Songs 7:5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.
  • Daniel 2:37–38You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory. Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your…

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