Song of Solomon 1:6 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769Look not upon me, because I am black, Because the sun hath looked upon me: My mother's children were angry with me; They made me the keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept. See the chapterMore versionsAmplified Bible - Classic Edition[Please] do not look at me, [she said, for] I am swarthy. [I have worked out] in the sun and it has left its mark upon me. My stepbrothers were angry with me, and they made me keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard [my complexion] I have not kept. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath scorched me. My mother’s sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept. See the chapterCommon English BibleDon’t stare at me because I’m darkened by the sun’s gaze. My own brothers were angry with me. They made me a caretaker of the vineyards— but I couldn’t care for my own vineyard. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionChorus to Bride: We will exult and rejoice in you, remembering your breasts above wine. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionShew me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou liest in the midday, lest I begin to wander after the flocks of thy companions. See the chapter |