Song of Solomon 7:5
“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
Verse 5 of 13 in Song of Solomon chapter 7 — King James Version. Read it in context below, with maps, timelines and thematic connections beside the text.
Song of Solomon 7:5 in other translations
- 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].”
Song of Solomon 7 — full chapter (King James Version)
How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in , by the gate of -rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of which looketh toward . Thine head upon thee is like , and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! This thy stature is like to a tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. I said, I will go up to the tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me. Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.