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Song of Solomon 7:5

Thy head upon thee as Carmel, And the locks of thy head as purple, The king is bound with the flowings!

Young's Literal Translation

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

4Thy neck as a tower of the ivory, Thine eyes pools in Heshbon, near the gate of Bath-Rabbim, Thy face as a tower of Lebanon looking to Damascus,

6How fair and how pleasant hast thou been, O love, in delights.

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Cross References

Numbers 21:26for Heshbon is a city of Sihon king of the Amorite, and he hath fought against the former king of Moab, and taketh all his land out of his hand, unto Arnon;

Psalms 87:2Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

Song of Solomon 4:1Lo, thou [art] fair, my friend, lo, thou [art] fair, Thine eyes [are] doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,

Song of Solomon 5:11His head [is] pure gold — fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,

Micah 7:14Rule Thou Thy people with Thy rod, The flock of Thine inheritance, Dwelling alone [in] a forest in the midst of Carmel, They enjoy Bashan and Gilead as in days of old.

Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days — till the full end of the age.'

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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