KJV King James Version
Thine head upon thee [is] like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king [is] held in the galleries.
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Song of Solomon 7:5
Thine head upon thee [is] like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king [is] held in the galleries.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.
WEB World English Bible
Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.
ASV American Standard Version
Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thy head like purple; The king is held captive in the tresses thereof.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thy head upon thee as Carmel, And the locks of thy head as purple, The king is bound with the flowings!
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 7
2 Thy navel [is like] a round goblet, [which] wanteth not liquor: thy belly [is like] an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
3 Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes [that are] twins.
4 Thy neck [is] as a tower of ivory; thine eyes [like] the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose [is] as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
5 Thine head upon thee [is] like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king [is] held in the galleries.
6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters [of grapes].
8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
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Cross-references
Isaiah 35:2It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, [and] the excellency of our God.Song of Solomon 4:1Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.Psalm 87:2The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.Matthew 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.Ephesians 4:15-16But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ:Matthew 18:20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.Colossians 1:18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.Ephesians 1:22And hath put all [things] under his feet, and gave him [to be] the head over all [things] to the church,Revelation 1:14His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes [were] as a flame of fire;Micah 7:14Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily [in] the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed [in] Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.Colossians 2:19And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.Psalm 68:24They have seen thy goings, O God; [even] the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.Genesis 32:26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.Song of Solomon 5:11His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.Song of Solomon 1:17The beams of our house [are] cedar, [and] our rafters of fir.
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