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Douay-Rheims
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His head is as the finest gold: his locks as branches of palm trees, black as a raven.
King James
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His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
Louis Second
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Sa tête est de l'or pur; Ses boucles sont flottantes, Noires comme le corbeau
Martin Luther
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Sein Haupt ist das feinste Gold. Seine Locken sind kraus, schwarz wie ein Rabe.
Vulgate
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caput eius aurum optimum comae eius sicut elatae palmarum nigrae quasi corvus

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


caput : capitis : head / top, summit /chief /capital /leader, captain.
aurum : gold.
sicut : as, just as, as it were, (+verb in subj.) just as if.
quasi : as if, just as, just as if, as it were /a sort of.