Parallel Verses
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.
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!
Themes
Topics
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Ro'sh
Ro'sh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 7:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon's Praise Of His Dancing Maiden
4
Your neck is as a tower of ivory. Your eyes like the fish pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is as the tower of Lebanon that looks toward Damascus.
5
And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads;
The king is captivated by your tresses.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 35:2
The desert will sing and shout for joy! It will be beautiful like the Lebanon Mountains. It will be fertile as the fields of Carmel and Sharon. Everyone will see Jehovah's splendor. They will see his greatness and power.
Song of Songs 4:1
(The Beloved) You are beautiful my love, you are beautiful. Your eyes behind your veil are like doves. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.
Genesis 32:26
He said to him: Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said: I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.
Psalm 68:24
O God, Your festival processions can be seen by everyone. They are the processions for my God, my king, into the holy place.
Psalm 87:2
Jehovah loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
Song of Songs 1:17
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
Song of Songs 5:11
His head is as the finest gold. His locks are like date clusters, bushy and black as a raven.
Micah 7:14
Shepherd your people, the flock of your heritage, with your staff. They dwell alone in the forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Matthew 18:20
Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.
Matthew 28:20
Teach them to observe all the things I have commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
Ephesians 1:22
He (God) put all things in subjection under his feet, and made him head over all things to the congregation,
Ephesians 4:15-16
By speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in all things to him. For he, Christ, is the head.
Colossians 1:18
He is the head of the body, the congregation. He is the beginning (commencement), the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence (first place).
Colossians 2:19
not holding fast to the head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, grows with the growth from God.
Revelation 1:14
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire.