Song of Solomon 1:5
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5–6I am weathered but still elegant,
oh, dear sisters in Jerusalem,
Weather-darkened like Kedar desert tents,
time-softened like Solomon’s Temple hangings.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Dark am I, yet lovely,
daughters of Jerusalem,
dark like the tents of Kedar,
like the tent curtains of Solomon.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
Daughters of Jerusalem,
I am dark like the tents of Kedar,
yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon.
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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.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
I am black but beautiful, O maidens of Jerusalem,
like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,
As the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
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