Song of Solomon 7:5 - Common English Bible Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, and your hair, braided in royal purple— a king is bound by the tresses! More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thine head like purple; The king is held in the galleries. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, and the hair of your head like purple. [Then seeing the king watching the girl in absorbed admiration, the speaker added] The king is held captive by its tresses. 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. Catholic Public Domain Version Your neck is like a tower of ivory. Your eyes like the fish ponds at Heshbon, which are at the entrance to the daughter of the multitude. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, which looks out toward Damascus. |