Song of Solomon 7:5 “Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like pur…”

Song of Solomon 7:5

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thine head vpon thee is as skarlet, and the bush of thine head like purple: the King is tyed in the rafters.

Darby Translation

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

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!

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.

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Cross references

“head”

Isaiah 35:2 Ephesians 1:22 Colossians 1:18 Colossians 2:19 Ephesians 4:15 Ephesians 4:16

Isaiah 35:2 · BSB

It will bloom profusely and 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.

Ephesians 1:22 · BSB

And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

Colossians 1:18 · BSB

And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

Colossians 2:19 · BSB

He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

Ephesians 4:15 · BSB

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

Ephesians 4:16 · BSB

From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

“Carmel”

Micah 7:14

Micah 7:14 · BSB

Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

“the hair”

Song of Solomon 4:1 Song of Solomon 5:11 Revelation 1:14

Song of Solomon 4:1 · BSB

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

Song of Solomon 5:11 · BSB

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

Revelation 1:14 · BSB

The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.

“the king”

Song of Solomon 1:17 Genesis 32:26 Psalm 68:24 Psalm 87:2 Matthew 18:20 Matthew 28:20

Song of Solomon 1:17 · BSB

The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.

Genesis 32:26 · BSB

Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

Psalm 68:24 · BSB

They have seen Your procession, O God— the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.

Psalm 87:2 · BSB

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

Matthew 18:20 · BSB

For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

Matthew 28:20 · BSB

and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.

6How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!

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