Song of Solomon 1:6
Do not 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.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5I am dark, but lovely,you daughters of Jerusalem,like Kedar's tents,like Solomon's curtains.
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels from me.My bones are burned with heat.
Song of Solomon 8:11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon.He leased out the vineyard to keepers.Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
Jeremiah 8:21For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay has taken hold on me.
Lamentations 4:8They appear darker than soot; they are not known in the streets.Their skin cleaves to their bones; it is withered and has become as dry as a stick.TET
Matthew 10:22And you will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 10:35For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 1:3-7
The Love of the Church to Christ. 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. 3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. 4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. 5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of… Read the whole commentary →