Verse List for SNG 1:5

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=The bride (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) I am black but lovely, daughters of Yerushalem, ⇔ like the tents in Kedar. ⇔ Like Shelomoh’s palace curtains.

OET-LV am_black I and_lovely Oh _daughters _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) like_the _tents _of Qēdār like_the _tent _curtains _of Shəlomoh.

ULT I, am black but lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, ⇔ like the tents of Kedar, ⇔ like the curtains of Solomon.

UST You young women of Jerusalem, ⇔  I am brown but beautiful; ⇔ my dark skin is like the tents in Kedar, ⇔  and I am beautiful like the curtains in Solomon’s palace.

BSB & MSB I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, ⇔  like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

OEB No OEB SNG book available

WEBBE & WMBB I am dark, but lovely, ⇔  you daughters of Jerusalem, ⇔  like Kedar’s tents, ⇔  like Solomon’s curtains.

NET I am dark but lovely, O maidens of Jerusalem, ⇔ dark like the tents of Qedar, ⇔ lovely like the tent curtains of Salmah.

LSV I [am] dark and lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, as tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.

FBV I'm black, but I'm beautiful, women of Jerusalem,[fn] like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

T4T You women of Jerusalem, ⇔  I am dark but beautiful; ⇔ my dark skin is like [SIM] the tents in Kedar, ⇔  or like the beautiful curtains in Solomon’s palace.

LEB
• I am black but beautiful,[fn] O maidens of Jerusalem ,[fn]
• like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

BBE I am dark, but fair of form, O daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Moff I am dark, but I am a beauty ⇔  maidens of Jerusalem ⇔ dark as tents of the Black men ⇔  beautiful as curtains of a Solomon.

JPS 'I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

ASV ⇔  I am black, but comely, ⇔ O ye daughters of Jerusalem, ⇔ As the tents of Kedar, ⇔ As the curtains of Solomon.

DRA Do not consider me that I am brown, because the sun hath altered my colour: the sons of my mother have fought against me, they have made me the keeper in the vineyards: my vineyard I have not kept.

YLT Dark [am] I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.

Drby I am black, but comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.

RV I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
(I am black, but comely, Oh ye/you_all daughters of Yerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.)

SLT I am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Wbstr I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

KJB-1769 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
(I am black, but comely, Oh ye/you_all daughters of Yerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.)

KJB-1611 I am blacke, but comely, (O ye daughters of Ierusalem) as the tents of Kedar, as the curtaines of Solomon.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps I am blacke (O ye daughters of Hierusalem) but yet fayre and well fauoured, like as the tentes of the Cedarenes, and as the hanginges of Solomon.
(I am black (Oh ye/you_all daughters of Yerusalem) but yet fair and well-favoured, like as the tents of the Cedarenes, and as the hangings/curtains of Solomon.)

Gnva Regard ye me not because I am blacke: for the sunne hath looked vpon mee. The sonnes of my mother were angry against mee: they made me the keeper of ye vines: but I kept not mine owne vine.
(Regard ye/you_all me not because I am black: for the sun hath/has looked upon me. The sons of my mother were angry against me: they made me the keeper of ye/you_all vines: but I kept not mine own vine.)

Cvdl I am black (o ye doughters of Ierusale) like as the tentes of the Cedarenes, and as the hanginges of Salomon:
(I am black (o ye/you_all daughters of Yerusalem) like as the tents of the Cedarenes, and as the hangings/curtains of Solomon:)

Wycl Nyle ye biholde me, that Y am blak, for the sunne hath discolourid me; the sones of my modir fouyten ayens me, thei settiden me a kepere in vyners; Y kepte not my vyner.
(Not/Don’t ye/you_all behold me, that I am black, for the sun hath/has discoloured me; the sons of my mother fought against me, they set/placed me a keeper in vineyards; I kept not my vineyard.)

Luth Ich bin schwarz, aber gar lieblich, ihr Töchter Jerusalems, wie die Hütten Kedars, wie die Teppiche Salomos.
(I am black, but even lovely/delightful, you(pl)/their/her daughters Yerusalem, as/like the huts Kedars, as/like the carpets/rugs Solomon’s.)

ClVg Nolite me considerare quod fusca sim, quia decoloravit me sol. Filii matris meæ pugnaverunt contra me; posuerunt me custodem in vineis: vineam meam non custodivi.[fn]
(Don’t me to_consider that brown yes, because discoloured me the_sun. Children mother my they_fought on_the_contrary me; they_put me the_keeper in/into/on vineyards: vineyard of_mine not/no I_kept.)

UHB שְׁחוֹרָ֤ה אֲנִי֙ וְֽ⁠נָאוָ֔ה בְּנ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כְּ⁠אָהֳלֵ֣י קֵדָ֔ר כִּ⁠ירִיע֖וֹת שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Μέλαινά εἰμι ἐγὼ καὶ καλὴ, θυγατέρες Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ὡς σκηνώματα Κηδὰρ, ὡς δέῤῥεις Σαλωμών.

BrTr I am black, but beautiful, ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.