Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 tresses.

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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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 like pools in Heshbon
by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
looking toward Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,
the hair of your head like purple cloth—
a king could be held captive in your tresses.
6 How beautiful you are and how pleasant,
my love, with such delights!

Cross References

Isaiah 35:2

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

Song of Songs 4:1

M How beautiful you are, my darling.
How very beautiful!
Behind your veil,
your eyes are doves.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down Mount Gilead.

Genesis 32:26

Then He said to Jacob, “Let Me go, for it is daybreak.”

But Jacob said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me.”

Psalm 68:24

People have seen Your procession, God,
the procession of my God,
my King, in the sanctuary.

Psalm 87:2

The Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Song of Songs 1:17

the beams of our house are cedars,
and our rafters are cypresses.


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Song of Songs 5:11

His head is purest gold.
His hair is wavy
and black as a raven.

Micah 7:14

Shepherd Your people with Your staff,
the flock that is Your possession.
They live alone in a woodland
surrounded by pastures.
Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
as in ancient times.

Matthew 18:20

For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there among them.”

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Ephesians 1:22

And He put everything under His feet and appointed Him as head over everything for the church,

Ephesians 4:15-16

But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head—Christ.

Colossians 1:18

He is also the head of the body, the church;
He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
so that He might come to have
first place in everything.

Colossians 2:19

He doesn’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, develops with growth from God.

Revelation 1:14

His head and hair were white like wool—white as snow—and His eyes like a fiery flame.

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