Song of Songs 1:5
Song of Songs 1:5 King James Version (KJV)
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
Song of Songs 1:5-6 The Message (MSG)
I am weathered but still elegant, oh, dear sisters in Jerusalem, Weather-darkened like Kedar desert tents, time-softened like Solomon’s Temple hangings. Don’t look down on me because I’m dark, darkened by the sun’s harsh rays. My brothers ridiculed me and sent me to work in the fields. They made me care for the face of the earth, but I had no time to care for my own face.
Song of Songs 1:5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
“I am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.
Song of Songs 1:5 New Century Version (NCV)
I’m dark but lovely, women of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
Song of Songs 1:5 American Standard Version (ASV)
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
Song of Songs 1:5 New International Version (NIV)
Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon.
Song of Songs 1:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.
Song of Songs 1:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
¶“I am deeply tanned but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, [I am dark] like the tents of [the Bedouins of] Kedar, Like the [beautiful] curtains of Solomon.
Song of Songs 1:5 New Living Translation (NLT)
I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem— dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.
Song of Songs 1:5 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Jerusalem maidens, in this twilight darkness I know I am so unworthy—so in need. Yet you are so lovely! I feel as dark and dry as the desert tents of the wandering nomads. Yet you are so lovely— like the fine linen tapestry hanging in the Holy Place.