Song of Solomon 1:6
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Look 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.Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
In other translations
Look 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.Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
Hebrew words
אַל־'al-may notH408תִּרְאוּנִיtir'uniyou look at meH7200שֶׁאֲנִיshe'aniwho IH589שְׁחַרְחֹרֶתshecharchoret[am] blackishH7840שֶׁשֱּׁזָפַתְנִיsheshezafatni[on] whom <it> has looked on meH7805הַשָּׁמֶשׁhashameshthe sunH8121בְּנֵיbenei[the] sons ofH1121אִמִּי'imimother myH517נִחֲרוּ־nicharu-they were angryH2734בִיviwith meשָׂמֻנִיsamunithey made meH7760נֹטֵרָהnoterah[one who] keepsH5201אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַכְּרָמִיםhakeramimthe vineyardsH3754כַּרְמִיkarmiown vineyard myH3754שֶׁלִּיsheliwhich [belongs] to meלֹאlo'notH3808נָטָרְתִּי׃nataretiI have keptH5201
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Song of Solomon 8:11-1211 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal–hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. 12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.11 Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver. 12 But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
- Luke 12:51-5351 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: 52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. 53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52 From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
- Mark 4:6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
- Job 30:30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
- Psalm 69:8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
- Jeremiah 12:6For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.Even your brothers— your own father’s household— even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
- Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
- Matthew 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Lamentations 4:8Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
- Galatians 4:29But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
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