Song of Solomon 7:5

Your head upon you is as Carmel, and the curls of your hair like scarlet; the king is bound in the galleries.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The 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.

In Context

4Your neck is as an ivory tower; your eyes are as pools in Esebon, by the gates of the daughter of many: your nose is as the tower of Libanus, looking toward Damascus.

6How beautiful are you, and how sweet are you, my love!

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Cross References

Numbers 21:26For Esebon is the city of Seon king of the Amorites; and he before fought against the king of Moab, and they took all his land, from Aroer to Arnon.

Psalms 87:2Let my prayer come in before you; incline your ear to my supplication, O Lord. 1

Song of Solomon 4:1Behold, you are fair, my companion; behold, you are fair; your eyes are doves, beside your veil: your hair is as flocks of goats, that have appeared from Galaad.

Song of Solomon 5:11His head is as very fine gold, his locks are flowing, black as a raven.

Micah 7:14Tend your people with your rod, the sheep of your inheritance, those that inhabit by themselves the thicket in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in the land of Basan, and in the land of Galaad, as in the days of old.

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 7:2-10

The Beauty of the Church; The Complacency of Christ in His Church. 1 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. 2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies. 3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. 4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the… Read the whole commentary →

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