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


In Context

8 O daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you- if you find my lover, what will you tell him? Tell him I am faint with love.

9 How is your beloved better than others, most beautiful of women? How is your beloved better than others, that you charge us so?

10 My lover is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.

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

12 His eyes are like doves by the water streams, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.

13 His cheeks are like beds of spice yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:11His head is as the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the 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.