5I am black, but comely, O you daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.


In Context

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for your love is better than wine.

3 Because of the smell of your good ointments your name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love you.

4 Draw me, we will run after you: the king has brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine: the upright love you.

5 I am black, but comely, O you daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

6 Look not on me, because I am black, because the sun has looked on me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard have I not kept.

7 Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turns aside by the flocks of your companions?

Song of Solomon 1:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:5Dark am I, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5I am black, but comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:5I am black but beautiful, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Cedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:5I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:5I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar's tents, like Solomon's curtains.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5Dark am I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.