Song of Solomon 1:6 (WEB)

Song of Solomon 1:6 · World English Bible

Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.

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Song of Solomon 1:6 in the World English Bible reads: “Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.”. Read it in the full context of Song of Solomon 1, or compare how other translations render it below.

Song of Solomon 1:6 in the Original Hebrew

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Look רָאָה râʼâh H7200 not אַל ʼal H408 upon me, because I שֶׁל shel H7945 am black, שְׁחַרְחֹרֶת shᵉcharchôreth H7840 because the sun שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh H8121 hath looked שֶׁל shel H7945 upon me: my mother' אֵם ʼêm H517 s children בֵּן bên H1121 were angry חָרָה chârâh H2734 with me; they made שׂוּם sûwm H7760 me the keeper נָטַר nâṭar H5201 of · אֵת ʼêth H853 the vineyards; כֶּרֶם kerem H3754 but mine own שֶׁל shel H7945 vineyard כֶּרֶם kerem H3754 have I not לֹא lôʼ H3808 kept. נָטַר nâṭar H5201

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Song of Solomon 1:6 in Other Translations

KJV	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.
WEB	Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.
ASV	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.
YLT	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.
WBT	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] my own vineyard have I not kept.
DBY	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 keeper of the vineyards; Mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Cross References for Song of Solomon 1:6

Song of Solomon 8:11–12 Luke 12:51–53 Jeremiah 12:6 Job 30:30 Psalms 69:8 Mark 4:6 Galatians 4:29 Micah 7:6 Ruth 1:19–21 Matthew 10:35–36 Acts 14:22 Matthew 10:22 Lamentations 4:8 Matthew 10:25 Jeremiah 8:21

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Questions about Song of Solomon 1:6

What does Song of Solomon 1:6 say?

Song of Solomon 1:6 in the World English Bible reads: “Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.” Read it in the full context of Song of Solomon 1, alongside the classic commentary on this page.

Where is Song of Solomon 1:6 found in the Bible?

Song of Solomon 1:6 is in the book of Song of Solomon, chapter 1, verse 6, in the Old Testament.

What Bible translation is Song of Solomon 1:6 shown in?

This is the World English Bible (WEB), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Song of Solomon 1:6 in the table on this page.

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