Song of Solomon 6:5 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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,

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.

English Amplified

Turn away your [flashing] eyes from me, for they have overcome me! Your hair is like a flock of goats trailing down from Mount Gilead.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Turn away your [flashing] eyes from me, for they have overcome me! Your hair is like a flock of goats trailing down from Mount Gilead.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Turn your eyes away from me, for they captivate me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Turn away thine eyes from me, For they overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats On the slopes of Gilead.

English EASY 2024

Turn your eyes away from me. They give me pleasure that is too strong for me! Your hair is like a group of goats that are coming down from Mount Gilead.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Don't look at me! Your eyes excite me too much! And your hair {is long and flowing}, like little goats dancing down the slopes of Mount Gilead.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

Turn away your eyes from me, for they overwhelm me- Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Turn your eyes away from me; they are holding me captive. Your hair dances like a flock of goats bounding down the hills of Gilead.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Turn your eyes away from me. They enchant me! Your hair is like a flock of goats moving down from Gilead.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Turn your eyes away from me, for they captivate me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.

English KJV 1611

Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

Turn your eyes away from me, For they have overwhelmed me; Your hair is like a flock of goats That have leapt down from Gilead.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"I arose to open to my beloved; And my hands dripped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, On the handles of the bolt.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Turn your eyes from me, for they torment me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Turn your eyes away from me — they overwhelm me! Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Turn your eyes away from me. They overpower me. Your hair flows like a flock of black goats coming down from Mount Gilead.

Turn your eyes from me; they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead.

English NKJ 1982

Turn your eyes away from me, For they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats Going down from Gilead.

Look away, for your eyes overcome me! Your hair falls in waves, like a flock of goats frisking down the slopes of Gilead.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Turn away your eyes from me, for they overwhelm me! Your hair is like a flock of goats, moving down the slopes of Gilead.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Turn your eyes from me; I can’t take it anymore! I can’t resist the passion of these eyes that I adore. Overpowered by a glance, my ravished heart—undone. Held captive by your love, I am truly overcome! For your undying devotion to me is the most yielded sacrifice.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Turn away your eyes from me, for they disturb me— Your hair is like a flock of goats, moving down the slopes of Gilead.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Look the other way, for your eyes have overcome me! Your hair, as it falls across your face, is like a flock of goats frisking down the slopes of Gilead.

English Tyndale 1537

(Turn away thine eyes from me, for they make me proud) Thy hairy locks are like a flock of goats upon the mount of Galead.