English Standard Version
Song of Songs 7:5
5Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses.
Song of Songs 7:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
- New International Version (NIV)Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. Your hair is like royal tapestry; the king is held captive by its tresses.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, And the hair of your head is like purple; A king is held captive by your tresses.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Your head is as majestic as Mount Carmel, and the sheen of your hair radiates royalty. The king is held captive by its tresses.
Context of Song of Songs 7:5
3Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. 4Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, which looks toward Damascus. Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses. 6How beautiful and pleasant you are, O loved one, with all your delights! 7Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters.
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רֹאשֵׁ֤ךְ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ כַּכַּרְמֶ֔ל וְדַלַּ֥ת רֹאשֵׁ֖ךְ כָּאַרְגָּמָ֑ן מֶ֖לֶךְ אָס֥וּר בָּרְהָטִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Song of Songs 7:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Shine head - like Carmel - Rising majestically upon thy neck, and above thy shoulders, as Mount Carmel does in its district. Carmel was the name of the mountain where Elijah had his contest with the prophets of Baal. See 1 Kings 18:19, etc. The hair of thine head like purple - Ornamented with ribbons and jewellery of this tint. The king is held in the galleries - Or is detained in the antechamber. His heart is captivated by thy person and conduct. Some…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Mount Carmel is a tall mountain range on the Mediterranean coast. the hair of your head like purple threads: Purple was expensive to make, so only royalty used it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. upon thee--the headdress "upon" her. Carmel--signifying a well-cultivated field (Is 35:2). In So 5:15 He is compared to majestic Lebanon; she here, to fruitful Carmel. Her headdress, or crown (2Ti 4:8; 1Pe 5:4). Also the souls won by her (1Th 2:19, 20), a token of her fruitfulness. purple--royalty (Re 1:6). As applied to hair, it expresses the glossy splendor of black hair (literally, "pendulous hair") so much admired in the East (So 4:1). While the…Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 5Your neck the Temple and the altar, which are erect and tall, and the Chamber of Hewn Stone, which is also there, made for strength and for a shield, like an ivory tower.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Song of Songs 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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