Song of Solomon 5:11
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.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- 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.
- DARBY
- His head is [as] the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;
- BLB
- His head [is] gold, pure gold; his locks [are] wavy, black like the raven.
- ÅB
- Hans hode er som det fineste gull; hans lokker er kruset, sorte som ravnen.
- OTB
- Hans hode er som foredlet gull; Hans hår er som dadelklaser Og så mørkt som en ravn.
- B1930
- Hans hode er som det fineste gull; hans lokker er kruset, sorte som ravnen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 7:5
Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
Read in contextRevelation 1:14
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:2
I 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.
Read in contextDaniel 7:9
I 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.
Read in contextEphesians 1:21–22
Far 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:
Read in contextDaniel 2:37–38
Thou, 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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