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 7:5, American Standard Version
“Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.”
“Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.”
“Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. The locks of your hair are like royal tapestries– the king is held captive in its tresses!”
“Thy head is like Carmel: and the hairs of thy head as the purple of the king bound in the channels.”
“Your head is like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple, in whose net the king is prisoner.”
“Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.”
Thy body islikea round goblet, Wherein no mingled wine is wanting: Thy waist is like a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.
Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe.
Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; Thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looketh toward Damascus.
Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thy head like purple; The king is held captive in the tresses thereof.
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to its clusters.
I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,