Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Turn away thine eyes from me, For they overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats On the slopes of Gilead.
New American Standard Bible
For they have confused me;
That have descended from Gilead.
King James Version
Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
Holman Bible
for they captivate me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down from Gilead.
International Standard Version
Turn your eyes from me, for they excite me. Your hair is like a flock of goats coming down from Mt. Gilead.
A Conservative Version
Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats that lay along the side of Gilead.
American Standard Version
Turn away thine eyes from me, For they have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of Gilead.
Amplified
“Turn your [flashing] eyes away from me,
For they have confused and overcome me;
Your hair is like [the shimmering black fleece of] a flock of [Arabian] goats
That have descended from Mount Gilead.
Bible in Basic English
Let your eyes be turned away from me; see, they have overcome me; your hair is as a flock of goats which take their rest on the side of Gilead.
Julia Smith Translation
Turn away thine eyes from before me; they enlarged me: thy hair as a herd of goats which lay down from Gilead.
King James 2000
Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me: your hair is as a flock of goats going down from Gilead.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Turn away your eyes from before me, for they overwhelm me. Your hair [is] like a flock of the goats that moves down from Gilead.
Modern King James verseion
Turn away your eyes from Me, for they have overcome Me; your hair is like a flock of goats that appears from Gilead.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have set me on fire! Thy hairy locks are like a flock of goats upon the mount of Gilead.
NET Bible
Turn your eyes away from me -- they overwhelm me! Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.
New Heart English Bible
Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats, that lie along the side of Gilead.
The Emphasized Bible
Turn away thine eyes from me, for, they, have excited me, - Thy hair, is like a flock of goats, that are reclining on the sides of Mount Gilead:
Webster
Turn away thy eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
World English Bible
Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats, that lie along the side of Gilead.
Youngs Literal Translation
Turn round thine eyes from before me, Because they have made me proud. Thy hair is as a row of the goats, That have shone from Gilead,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 6:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon's Praise Of His Beloved
4 Thou art fair, my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as troops with banners: 5 Turn away thine eyes from me, For they overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats On the slopes of Gilead. 6 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.
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Cross References
Genesis 32:26-28
And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.
Exodus 32:10
And now let me alone, that my anger may burn against them, and I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation.
Song of Songs 4:1-3
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil; Thy hair is as a flock of goats, On the slopes of mount Gilead.
Jeremiah 15:1
And Jehovah said unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, my soul would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
Matthew 15:27-28
But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.