Song of Songs 5:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

His head is like the finest gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

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  • Song 5:2 : 2 I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
  • Song 7:5 : 5 Your head crowns you like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple; the king is held captive by your locks.
  • Dan 2:37-38 : 37 You, O king, are a king of kings, for the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory. 38 And wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, he has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all. You are this head of gold.
  • Dan 7:9 : 9 I watched until thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne was like a fiery flame, and its wheels as burning fire.
  • Eph 1:21-22 : 21 Far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world but also in that which is to come: 22 And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
  • Rev 1:14 : 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Song 5:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

    9 What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you so charge us?

    10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chief among ten thousand.

  • Song 5:12-16
    5 verses
    81%

    12 His eyes are like the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

    13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices, like sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh.

    14 His hands are like gold rings set with beryl: his body is like bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

    15 His legs are like pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

    16 His mouth is most sweet: yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

  • Song 7:4-7
    4 verses
    81%

    4 Your neck is like a tower of ivory; your eyes like the pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

    5 Your head crowns you like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple; the king is held captive by your locks.

    6 How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, for delights!

    7 This stature of yours is like a palm tree, and your breasts like clusters of fruit.

  • Song 6:4-7
    4 verses
    76%

    4 You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

    5 Turn your eyes away from me, for they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead.

    6 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep which come up from the washing; every one has twins, and none is barren among them.

    7 Your temples within your locks are like a piece of a pomegranate.

  • Song 4:1-7
    7 verses
    76%

    1 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have dove's eyes within your locks: your hair is like a flock of goats, appearing from Mount Gilead.

    2 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep that are evenly shorn, which came up from the washing; every one of them bears twins, and none is barren among them.

    3 Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your speech is lovely: your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within your locks.

    4 Your neck is like the tower of David, built for an armory, where hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

    5 Your two breasts are like two young deer that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

    6 Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

    7 You are all fair, my love; there is no spot in you.

  • Song 1:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5 I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

    6 Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept.

    7 Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon. Why should I be like one who turns aside by the flocks of your companions?

  • Song 1:13-15
    3 verses
    73%

    13 A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.

    14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms in the vineyards of Engedi.

    15 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' eyes.

  • 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire;

  • Song 1:9-11
    3 verses
    72%

    9 I have compared you, my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

    10 Your cheeks are lovely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold.

    11 We will make you borders of gold with studs of silver.

  • 2 I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

  • Lam 4:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7 Her Nazirites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their appearance was like sapphire.

    8 Their appearance is blacker than coal; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin clings to their bones; it has withered, it has become like a stick.

  • Song 7:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9 And the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my beloved, flowing gently, causing the lips of those who are asleep to speak.

    10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.

  • Song 2:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.

    10 My beloved spoke and said to me, 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.'

  • 30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

  • 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, even Aaron's beard, coming down upon the edge of his garments;

  • 6 Who is this coming out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?

  • 10 Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?

  • Song 4:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.

    10 How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the fragrance of your ointments than all spices!

  • 14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is lovely.

  • 6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

  • 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

  • 1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned aside? That we may seek him with you.