Song of Solomon 7:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.”

Song of Solomon 7:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Song of Solomon 7:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Song of Solomon 7:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Song of Solomon 7:5 — World English Bible

Song of Solomon 7:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thy head like purple; The king is held captive in the tresses thereof. ”

Song of Solomon 7:5 — American Standard Version

Song of Solomon 7:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Song of Solomon 7:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Song of Solomon 7:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Song of Solomon 7:5 — Darby Translation

Song of Solomon 7:5 GEN — 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.”

Song of Solomon 7:5 — Geneva Bible

Song of Solomon 7:5 in Context — Song of Solomon 7

3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

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What Does Song of Solomon 7:5 Mean?

Song of Solomon 7:5 is a verse from the Book of Song of Solomon, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Song of Solomon chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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