Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Turn your eyes away from me,
For they have confused me;
Your hair is like a flock of goats
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

Turn your eyes away from me,
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.

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.

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
from me, for they
המּה הם 
hem 
Usage: 517

רהב 
Rahab 
Usage: 4

me thy hair
שׂער שׂער 
Se`ar 
Usage: 28

is as a flock
עדר 
`eder 
Usage: 39

of goats
עז 
`ez 
goat, kid , kid, he, kids
Usage: 73

גּלשׁ 
Galash 
Usage: 2

References

Verse Info

Context Readings

Solomon's Praise Of His Beloved

4 You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners. 5 “Turn your eyes away from me,
For they have confused me;
Your hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Gilead.
6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes that have come up from the washing; all of them bear twins; not one among them has lost its young.

Cross References

Genesis 32:26-28

Then he said, "Let me go, for the day has broken." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."

Exodus 32:10

Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you."

Song of Songs 4:1-3

Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the LORD said to me, "Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!

Matthew 15:27-28

She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."

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