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 (The Beloved) You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible 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 sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one looks like twins, and there is not one barren among them.

Cross References

Genesis 32:26-28

He said to him: Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said: I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.

Exodus 32:10

Now let me alone. Let my anger burn against them. I am so angry with them I am going to destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.

Song of Songs 4:1-3

(The Beloved) You are beautiful my love, you are beautiful. Your eyes behind your veil are like doves. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.

Jeremiah 15:1

Jehovah said to me: I would not feel sorry for these people, even if Moses and Samuel were standing in front of me. Send them away from my presence, and let them go.

Matthew 15:27-28

She said: Yes, Lord; but even the dogs take the scraps from under their masters' table.

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