Song of Songs 1:5-6
Christian Standard Bible
5 Daughters of Jerusalem,(A)
I am dark like the tents of Kedar,(B)
yet lovely(C) like the curtains of Solomon.
6 Do not stare at me because I am dark,
for the sun has gazed on me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;(D)
they made me take care of the vineyards.(E)
I have not taken care of my own vineyard.
Song of Solomon 1:5-6
Lexham English Bible
Maiden’s Self-Description
5 I am black but beautiful,[a] O maidens of Jerusalem,[b]
like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
6 Do not gaze at me because I am black, [c]
because the sun has stared at me.
The sons of my mother were angry with me;
they made me keeper of the vineyards,
but my own “vineyard”[d] I did not keep.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 1:5 Or “black and beautiful”
- Song of Solomon 1:5 Literally “O daughters of Jerusalem”
- Song of Solomon 1:6 This is figurative for the maiden’s physical appearance; her skin was darkly tanned
- Song of Solomon 1:6 Literally “my vineyard that for me”
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