11His head is as the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;


In Context

8 I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, ... What will ye tell him? That I am sick of love.

9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, 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 finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;

12 His eyes are like doves by the water-brooks, Washed with milk, fitly set;

13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, raised beds of sweet plants; His lips lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

Song of Solomon 5:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:11His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:11His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:11His head is as the finest gold: his locks as branches of palm trees, black as a raven.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:11His head is as the most fine gold; His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:11His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:11His head is pure gold — fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.