Parallel Verses

Amplified


“Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,
And the flowing hair of your head like purple threads;
I, the king, am held captive by your tresses.

New American Standard Bible

“Your head crowns you like Carmel,
And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads;
The king is captivated by your tresses.

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.

Holman Bible

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,
the hair of your head like purple cloth—
a king could be held captive in your tresses.

International Standard Version

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. Your flowing locks are like purple, and a king could be captured in the dangling tresses.

A Conservative Version

Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple. The king is held captive in the tresses.

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 .

Bible in Basic English

Your head is like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple, in whose net the king is prisoner.

Darby Translation

Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the locks of thy head like purple; The king is fettered by thy ringlets!

Julia Smith Translation

Thy head upon thee as Carmel, and the locks of thy head as purple; the King being bound in curls.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

{Your head crowns you like Carmel}; the flowing locks of your head [are] like {purple tapestry}; a king is held captive in the tresses!

Modern King James verseion

Your head on you is like Carmel, and the hair of your head like purple cloth; the King is held captive in its tresses.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

That head that standeth upon thee is like Carmel; the hair of thy head is like the king's purple folden up in plates.

NET Bible

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. The locks of your hair are like royal tapestries -- the king is held captive in its tresses!

New Heart English Bible

Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.

The Emphasized Bible

Thy head upon thee, is like Carmel, And, the hair of thy head, is like purple, - The king, is held captive by the ringlets!

Webster

Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

Thy head upon thee as Carmel, And the locks of thy head as purple, The king is bound with the flowings!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

כּרמל 
Karmel 
Usage: 25

and the hair
דּלּה 
Dallah 
Usage: 7

of thine head
ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

ארגּמן 
'argaman 
Usage: 38

the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

is held
אסר 
'acar 
Usage: 70

References

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Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Watsons

Verse Info

Context Readings

Solomon's Praise Of His Dancing Maiden

4
“Your neck is like a tower of ivory,
Your eyes the [sparkling] pools of Heshbon
By the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
Which looks toward Damascus.
5 
“Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,
And the flowing hair of your head like purple threads;
I, the king, am held captive by your tresses.
6
“How beautiful and how delightful you are,
My love, with all your delights!



Cross References

Isaiah 35:2


It will blossom abundantly
And rejoice with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
The majesty of [Mount] Carmel and [the plain] of Sharon.
They will see the glory of the Lord,
The majesty and splendor of our God.

Song of Songs 4:1

(The Bridegroom)“How fair and beautiful you are, my darling,
How very beautiful!
Your eyes behind your veil are like those of a dove;
Your hair is like [the shimmering black fleece of] a flock of [Arabian] goats
That have descended from Mount Gilead [beyond the Jordan].

Genesis 32:26

Then He said, “Let Me go, for day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let You go unless You declare a blessing on me.”

Psalm 68:24


They have seen Your [solemn] procession, O God,
The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary [in holiness].

Psalm 87:2


The Lord loves the gates of Zion
More than all the dwellings of Jacob (Israel).

Song of Songs 1:17


“The beams of our houses are cedars,
Our rafters and panels are cypresses.

Song of Songs 5:11


“His head is like [precious] gold, pure gold;
His hair is [curly] like clusters of dates
And black as a raven.

Micah 7:14


Shepherd and rule Your people with Your scepter [of blessing],
The flock of Your inheritance and Your possession
Which dwells alone [separate and secure from attack] in the forest,
In the midst of a garden land.
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
As in the days of old [the days of Moses and Elijah].

Matthew 18:20

For where two or three are gathered in My name [meeting together as My followers], I am there among them.”

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”

Ephesians 1:22

And He put all things [in every realm] in subjection under Christ’s feet, and appointed Him as [supreme and authoritative] head over all things in the church,

Ephesians 4:15-16

But speaking the truth in love [in all things—both our speech and our lives expressing His truth], let us grow up in all things into Him [following His example] who is the Head—Christ.

Colossians 1:18

He is also the head [the life-source and leader] of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will occupy the first place [He will stand supreme and be preeminent] in everything.

Colossians 2:19

and not holding fast to the head [of the body, Jesus Christ], from whom the entire body, supplied and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows with the growth [that can come only] from God.

Revelation 1:14

His head and His hair were white like white wool, [glistening white] like snow; and His [all-seeing] eyes were [flashing] like a flame of fire [piercing into my being].

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