Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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.

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.

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.

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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Verse Info

Context Readings

Solomon's Praise Of His Dancing Maiden

4 Thy neck as a tower of the ivory, Thine eyes pools in Heshbon, near the gate of Bath-Rabbim, Thy face as a tower of Lebanon looking to Damascus, 5 Thy head upon thee as Carmel, And the locks of thy head as purple, The king is bound with the flowings! 6 How fair and how pleasant hast thou been, O love, in delights.



Cross References

Isaiah 35:2

Flourishing it doth flourish, and rejoice, Yea, with joy and singing, The honour of Lebanon hath been given to it, The beauty of Carmel and Sharon, They -- they see the honour of Jehovah, The majesty of our God.

Song of Songs 4:1

Lo, thou art fair, my friend, lo, thou art fair, Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,

Genesis 32:26

and he saith, 'Send me away, for the dawn hath ascended:' and he saith, 'I send thee not away, except thou hast blessed me.'

Psalm 68:24

They have seen Thy goings, O God, Goings of my God, my king, in the sanctuary.

Psalm 87:2

Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

Song of Songs 1:17

The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are firs, I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!

Song of Songs 5:11

His head is pure gold -- fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,

Micah 7:14

Rule Thou Thy people with Thy rod, The flock of Thine inheritance, Dwelling alone in a forest in the midst of Carmel, They enjoy Bashan and Gilead as in days of old.

Matthew 18:20

for where there are two or three gathered together -- to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days -- till the full end of the age.'

Ephesians 1:22

and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him -- head over all things to the assembly,

Ephesians 4:15-16

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him in all things, who is the head -- the Christ;

Colossians 1:18

And himself is the head of the body -- the assembly -- who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all things -- himself -- first,

Colossians 2:19

and not holding the head, from which all the body -- through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together -- may increase with the increase of God.

Revelation 1:14

and his head and hairs white, as if white wool -- as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;

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