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


In Context

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

3 Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you.

4 Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.

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

6 Don't stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven't kept my own vineyard.

7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? Lover

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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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