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his hair is wavy and black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/songs/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />His head is finest gold, his wavy hair is black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/songs/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/songs/5.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/songs/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“His head is <i>like</i> gold, pure gold; His locks are<i> like</i> clusters of dates <i>And</i> black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/songs/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />"His head is like gold, pure gold; His locks are like clusters of dates And black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/songs/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“His head is <i>like</i> gold, pure gold; His locks are <i>like</i> clusters of dates, <i>And</i> black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/songs/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“His head is <i>like</i> [precious] gold, pure gold; His hair is [curly] <i>like</i> clusters of dates And black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/songs/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />His head is purest gold. His hair is wavy and black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/songs/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />His head is purest gold. His hair is wavy and black as a raven. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/songs/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy, black as a raven. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/songs/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />His face is bronzed and smooth; his hair is wavy, black as a raven. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/songs/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />His head is the finest gold. His hair is wavy, black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/songs/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />His head is pure gold, his hair is wavy, black like a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/songs/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />His head is like the most pure gold. His hair is curly--black like a raven. </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/songs/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />His head <i>is as</i> the most fine gold, his locks <i>are</i> bushy, <i>and</i> black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/songs/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />His head <i>is like</i> the finest gold; His locks <i>are</i> wavy, <i>And</i> black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/songs/5.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are wavy, and black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/songs/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/songs/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/songs/5.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/songs/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />His head is as the most fine gold; His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/songs/5.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />His head <i>is like</i> refined gold; His locks <i>are</i> curly, black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/songs/5.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />His head is [as] the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/songs/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/songs/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/songs/5.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />His head is as fine golde, his lockes curled, and blacke as a rauen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/songs/5.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />His head is as the most fine golde, the lockes of his heere are busshed, & blacke as a crowe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/songs/5.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />his heade is the most fyne golde, the lockes of his hayre are busshed, browne as the euenynge:</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/songs/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />His head [is] pure gold—fine gold, "" His locks flowing, dark as a raven,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/songs/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> His head is pure gold -- fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/songs/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />His head purified gold, his locks waving branches, black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/songs/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />His head is as the finest gold: his locks as branches of palm trees, black as a raven. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/songs/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><font color=#0000CC>His head is like the finest gold. His locks are like the heights of palm trees, and as black as a raven.</font><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/songs/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />His head is like rock of gold, his locks are straight and black as ravens<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/songs/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />His head is like the finest gold, his locks straight and black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/songs/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are curled, And black as a raven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/songs/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />His head is <i>as</i> very fine gold, his locks are flowing, black as a raven.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/songs/5.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rō·šōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">His head</a> <a href="/hebrew/6337.htm" title="6337: pāz (N-ms) -- Refined, pure gold. From pazaz; pure; hence, gold itself.">is purest</a> <a href="/hebrew/3800.htm" title="3800: ke·ṯem (N-msc) -- Gold. From katham; properly, something carved out, i.e. Ore; hence, gold.">gold;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6977.htm" title="6977: qəw·wṣ·ṣō·ṯå̄w (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- Locks (of hair). Feminine passive participle of quwts in its original sense; a forelock.">his hair</a> <a href="/hebrew/8534.htm" title="8534: tal·tal·lîm (N-mp) -- Perhaps locks (of hair). By reduplication, from talal through the idea of vibration; a trailing bough.">is wavy</a> <a href="/hebrew/7838.htm" title="7838: šə·ḥō·rō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Black. Or shachowr; from shachar; properly, dusky, but also Jetty.">and black</a> <a href="/hebrew/6158.htm" title="6158: kā·‘ō·w·rêḇ (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- A raven. Or mowreb; from arab; a raven.">as a raven.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/songs/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218. ro'sh (roshe) -- head">His head</a><a href="/hebrew/3800.htm" title="3800. kethem (keh'-them) -- gold"> [is] pure gold</a><a href="/hebrew/6337.htm" title="6337. paz (pawz) -- refined, pure gold">—fine gold</a><a href="/hebrew/6977.htm" title="6977. qvutstsah (kev-oots-tsaw') -- locks (of hair)">, His locks</a><a href="/hebrew/8534.htm" title="8534. taltal (tal-tal') -- perhaps locks (of hair)"> flowing</a><a href="/hebrew/7838.htm" title="7838. shachor (shaw-khore') -- black">, dark</a><a href="/hebrew/6158.htm" title="6158. oreb (o-rabe') -- a raven"> as a raven,</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/songs/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/strongs.htm" title="ֹו psn3ms"></song2><song3>His</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="רֹאשׁ_1 ncmsc 7218"> head</a> <a href="/hebrew/3800.htm" title="כֶּתֶם ncmsc 3800"> is purest gold</a> <a href="/hebrew/6337.htm" title="פַּז ncmsa 6337"></a>.</song3></songrow> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ֹו psn3ms"><song1> </song1><song2> </song2><song3>His</a> <a href="/hebrew/6977.htm" title="קְוֻצֹּות ncfpc 6977"> hair</a> <a href="/hebrew/8534.htm" title="תַּלְתַּלִּים ncmpa 8534"> is wavy</a></song3></songrow> <a href="/hebrew/7838.htm" title="שָׁחֹר afpa 7838"><song1> </song1><song2> </song2><song3>and black</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="כְּ Pp"> as</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa"> a</a> <a href="/hebrew/6158.htm" title="עֹרֵב_1 ncmsa 6158"> raven</a>.</song3></songrow><song1> </song1><song2></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/songs/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218. ro'sh (roshe) -- head">"His head</a> <a href="/hebrew/3800.htm" title="3800. kethem (keh'-them) -- gold">is [like] gold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6337.htm" title="6337. paz (pawz) -- refined, pure gold">pure</a> <a href="/hebrew/6337.htm" title="6337. paz (pawz) -- refined, pure gold">gold;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6977.htm" title="6977. qvutstsah (kev-oots-tsaw') -- locks (of hair)">His locks</a> <a href="/hebrew/8534.htm" title="8534. taltal (tal-tal') -- perhaps locks (of hair)">are [like] clusters</a> <a href="/hebrew/8534.htm" title="8534. taltal (tal-tal') -- perhaps locks (of hair)">of dates</a> <a href="/hebrew/7838.htm" title="7838. shachor (shaw-khore') -- black">[And] black</a> <a href="/hebrew/6158.htm" title="6158. oreb (o-rabe') -- a raven">as a raven.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/songs/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218. ro'sh (roshe) -- head">His head</a> <a href="/hebrew/3800.htm" title="3800. kethem (keh'-them) -- gold">[is as] the most</a> <a href="/hebrew/6337.htm" title="6337. paz (pawz) -- refined, pure gold">fine gold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6977.htm" title="6977. qvutstsah (kev-oots-tsaw') -- locks (of hair)">his locks</a> <a href="/hebrew/8534.htm" title="8534. taltal (tal-tal') -- perhaps locks (of hair)">[are] bushy,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7838.htm" title="7838. shachor (shaw-khore') -- black">[and] black</a> <a href="/hebrew/6158.htm" title="6158. oreb (o-rabe') -- a raven">as a raven.</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../songs/5-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Song of Solomon 5:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 5:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../songs/5-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Song of Solomon 5:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 5:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>