Parallel Verses
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!
New American Standard Bible
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
the hair of your head like purple cloth—
a king could be held captive
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 .
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
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.
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!
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 7:5
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Solomon's Praise Of His Dancing Maiden
4 Thy neck, is like a tower of ivory, - Thine eyes, are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim, Thy nose, is like the tower of Lebanon, which looketh towards Damascus: 5 Thy head upon thee, is like Carmel, And, the hair of thy head, is like purple, - The king, is held captive by the ringlets! 6 HEHow beautiful, and how delightful, O dear love, for delights:
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Isaiah 35:2
It shall, blossom abundantly, and exult, Yea with exultation and shouts of triumph, The glory of Lebanon, hath been given to it, The splendour of Carmel, and Sharon, - They, shall see the glory of Yahweh, the splendour of our God.
Song of Songs 4:1
HELo! thou art beautiful, my fair one, Lo! thou art beautiful, Thine eyes, are doves, from behind thy veil, - Thy hair, is like a flock of goats, which are reclining on the sides of Mount Gilead:
Genesis 32:26
Then said he - Let me go, for uprisen hath the dawn. And he said: I will not let thee go, except thou have blessed me
Psalm 68:24
They have seen thy progress O God, The progress of my GOD, my king into the sanctuary:
Psalm 87:2
Yahweh loveth the gates of Zion, More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Song of Songs 1:17
The beams of our house, are cedars, Our fretted ceiling, is cypress-trees.
Song of Songs 5:11
His head, is pure gold, - his locks, are bushy, black as a raven;
Micah 7:14
Shepherd thou thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine inheritance, Dwell thou alone, a jungle in the midst of a fruitful field, - Let them feed in Bashan and in Gilead, as in the days of age-past times.
Matthew 18:20
For, where there are two or three, gathered together into my name, there, am I, in their midst.
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I myself have commanded you, And lo! I, am, with you, all the days, until the conclusion of the age.
Ephesians 1:22
And did put, all things, in subjection beneath his feet. And gave him to be head over all things unto the assembly,
Ephesians 4:15-16
But, pursuing truth - may, in love, grow into him in all things, - who is the head, Christ, -
Colossians 1:18
And, he, is the head of the body, the assembly, Who is the beginning, Firstborn from among the dead, in order that, he, might become, in all things, himself, pre-eminent; -
Colossians 2:19
And not holding fast the head: from which, all the body, through means of its joints and uniting bands, receiving supply, and connecting itself together, groweth with the growth of God.
Revelation 1:14
And his head and hair, white, like white wool - like snow, and, his eyes, like a flame of fire,