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Song of Solomon 1:5

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5Women of Jerusalem, I am dark butb beautiful,

dark as the desert tents of Kedar,

but beautiful as the curtains in Solomon’s palace.

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  1. bbut; or and.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I am very dark, but lovely,

O daughters of Jerusalem,

like the tents of Kedar,

like the curtains of Solomon.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Dark am I, yet lovely,

daughters of Jerusalem,

dark like the tents of Kedar,

like the tent curtains of Solomon.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Daughters of Jerusalem,

I am dark like the tents of Kedar,

yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon.

NLTNew Living Translation

I am dark but beautiful,

O women of Jerusalem—

dark as the tents of Kedar,

dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I am black but beautiful, O maidens of Jerusalem,

like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

KJV 1900King James Version

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,

As the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.