Song of Solomon 1:5-7

GOD’S WORD Translation

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⁵Young women of Jerusalem, I am dark and lovely
like Kedar’s tents,
like Solomon’s curtains.
⁶Stop staring at me because I am so dark.
The sun has tanned me.
My brothers were angry with me.
They made me the caretaker of the vineyards.
I have not even taken care of my own vineyard.
⁷Please tell me, you whom I love, where do you graze your flock?
Where does your flock lie down at noon?
⌞Tell me,⌟ or I will be considered a prostitute
⌞wandering⌟ among the flocks of your companions.

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Song of Songs 1:5-7

New International Version

⁵Dark am I, yet lovely,^(A)
    daughters of Jerusalem,^(B)
dark like the tents of Kedar,^(C)
    like the tent curtains of Solomon.^[a]
⁶Do not stare at me because I am dark,
    because I am darkened by the sun.
My mother’s sons were angry with me
    and made me take care of the vineyards;^(D)
    my own vineyard I had to neglect.
⁷Tell me, you whom I love,
    where you graze your flock
    and where you rest your sheep^(E) at midday.
Why should I be like a veiled^(F) woman
    beside the flocks of your friends?