I am dark, but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
Do not look upon me, because I am dark,
Because the sun has [a]tanned me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me the keeper of the vineyards,
But my own (A)vineyard I have not kept.

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  1. Song of Solomon 1:6 Lit. looked upon me

19 (A)My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,

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(To Her Beloved)

Tell me, O you whom I love,
Where you feed your flock,
Where you make it rest at noon.
For why should I be as one who [a]veils herself
By the flocks of your companions?

The Beloved

If you do not know, (A)O fairest among women,
[b]Follow in the footsteps of the flock,
And feed your little goats
Beside the shepherds’ tents.
I have compared you, (B)my love,
(C)To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 (D)Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with chains of gold.

The Daughters of Jerusalem

11 We will make [c]you ornaments of gold
With studs of silver.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:7 LXX, Syr., Vg. wanders
  2. Song of Solomon 1:8 Lit. Go out
  3. Song of Solomon 1:11 Fem. sing.: the Shulamite

18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding (A)as in a mirror (B)the glory of the Lord, (C)are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as [a]by the Spirit of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Or from the Lord, the Spirit

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