Song of Solomon 5:11–12
Song of Solomon 5:11–12 — The New International Version (NIV)
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.
Song of Solomon 5:11–12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
11 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.
Song of Solomon 5:11–12 — New Living Translation (NLT)
11 His head is finest gold,
his wavy hair is black as a raven.
12 His eyes sparkle like doves
beside springs of water;
they are set like jewels
washed in milk.
Song of Solomon 5:11–12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
11 His head is like the finest gold;
His locks are wavy,
And black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves
By the rivers of waters,
Washed with milk,
And fitly set.
Song of Solomon 5:11–12 — New Century Version (NCV)
11 His head is like the finest gold;
his hair is wavy and black like a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves
by springs of water.
They seem to be bathed in cream
and are set like jewels.
Song of Solomon 5:11–12 — American Standard Version (ASV)
11 His head is as the most fine gold;
His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks,
Washed with milk, and fitly set.
Song of Solomon 5:11–12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
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;
Song of Solomon 5:11–12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
11 His head is the finest gold.
His hair is wavy, black as a raven.
12 His eyes are set like doves bathing in milk.
Song of Solomon 5:11–12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
11 His head is purest gold.
His hair is wavy
and black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves
beside streams of water,
washed in milk
and set like jewels.
Song of Solomon 5:11–12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
11 His head is the finest gold;
his locks are wavy,
black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves
beside springs of water,
bathed in milk,
fitly set.
Song of Solomon 5:11–12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
11 His head is gold, refined gold;
his locks are wavy, black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves beside springs of water,
bathed in milk, set like mounted jewels.
Song of Solomon 5:11–12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
11 His head is like the purest gold.
His hair is wavy and as black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves
by streams of water.
They look as if they’ve been washed in milk.
They are set like jewels in his head.
Song of Solomon 5:11–12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
11 “His head is like gold, pure gold;
His locks are like clusters of dates
And black as a raven.
12 “His eyes are like doves
Beside streams of water,
Bathed in milk,
And reposed in their setting.