Song of Songs 1:5-6
Legacy Standard Bible
5 “[a]I am black but (A)lovely,
O (B)daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the (C)tents of (D)Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
6 Do not look at me because I am [b]swarthy,
For the sun has burned me.
My (E)mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me (F)caretaker of the vineyards,
But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 1:5 BRIDE
- Song of Songs 1:6 Or black
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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