Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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
Cabab
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References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 6:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon's Praise Of His Beloved
4 Thou art beautiful my friend, as delight; becoming as Jerusalem, a terror as those being furnished with banners. 5 Turn away thine eyes from before me; they enlarged me: thy hair as a herd of goats which lay down from Gilead. 6 Thy teeth as a herd of sheep which went up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and none barren among them.
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Cross References
Genesis 32:26-28
And he will say, Send me away, for the morning ascended: and he will say, I will not send thee away, unless thou didst bless me.
Exodus 32:10
And thou be at rest to me, and my wrath shall kindle against them, and I will consume them: and I will make thee into a great nation.
Song of Songs 4:1-3
Behold thee beautiful, my friend, behold thee beautiful; thine eyes doves' from behind to thy veil: thy hair as a herd of goats which lay down from mount Gilead.
Jeremiah 15:1
And Jehovah will say to me, If Moses shall stand, and Samuel, before my face, my soul not to this people: casting from my face they shall go forth.
Matthew 15:27-28
And she said, Yes, Lord; for the little dogs also eat from the crumbs falling from the table of their lord.