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.
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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