Song of Solomon 1:6
Fear me not, because I [am] very dark, Because the sun hath scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard — my own — I have not kept.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5Dark [am] I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin hath been black upon me, And my bone hath burned from heat,
Song of Solomon 8:11Solomon hath a vineyard in Baal-Hamon, He hath given the vineyard to keepers, Each bringeth for its fruit a thousand silverlings;
Jeremiah 8:21For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.
Lamentations 4:8Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in out-places, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered — it hath been as wood.
Matthew 10:22and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.
Matthew 10:35for I came to set a man at variance 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 →