Song of Solomon 5:11 Parallel Translations
NASB: "His head is like gold, pure gold; His locks are like clusters of dates And black as a raven. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: His head is the finest gold. His hair is wavy, black as a raven.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
ASV: His head is as the most fine gold; His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
BBE: His head is as the most delicate gold; his hair is thick, and black as a raven.
DBY: His head is as the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;
ERV: His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
JPS: His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven.
WBS: 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.
YLT: His head is pure gold -- fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,
Song of Solomon 5:11 Cross References
XREF:Song of Songs 5:2 "I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking: 'Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the damp of the night.' (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 5:11 His {i} head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.
(i) She describes Christ to be of perfect beauty and comeliness.
WES: 5:11 As gold - It shines like gold, by reason of the crown of pure gold upon his head. We need not aim at a distinct application of this and the following particulars, unto some special excellency of Christ, because such things are mere conjectures, and the only design of this description is, to set forth the beauty of Christ under the notion of a most amiable person, in whom there is no defect or blemish, from the crown of his head to the sole of his feet.
MHC: 5:9-16 Even those who have little acquaintance with Christ, cannot but see amiable beauty in others who bear his image. There are hopes of those who begin to inquire concerning Christ and his perfections. Christians, who are well acquainted with Christ themselves, should do all they can to make others know something of him. Divine glory makes him truly lovely in the eyes of all who are enlightened to discern spiritual things. He is white in the spotless innocence of his life, ruddy in the bleeding sufferings he went through at his death. This description of the person of the Beloved, would form, in the figurative language of those times, a portrait of beauty of person and of grace of manners; but the aptness of some of the allusions may not appear to us. He shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all that believe. May his love constrain us to live to his glory.
CONC:Black Bushy Clusters Curled Dark Dates Delicate Fine Finest Flowing Gold Hair Locks Pure Purest Raven Thick Wavy
PREV:Black Clusters Curled Dark Dates Delicate Fine Finest Flowing Gold Hair Head Locks Pure Purest Raven Thick
NEXT:Black Clusters Curled Dark Dates Delicate Fine Finest Flowing Gold Hair Head Locks Pure Purest Raven Thick
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