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Song of Solomon 1:5

5 I am dark, but lovely,

O daughters of Jerusalem,

Like the tents of Kedar,

Like the curtains of Solomon.

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Song of Solomon 1:5 — The 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 Solomon 1:5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

I am very dark, but lovely,

O daughters of Jerusalem,

like the tents of Kedar,

like the curtains of Solomon.

Song of Solomon 1:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

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

Song of Solomon 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 Solomon 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 Solomon 1:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

I am black, but comely,

Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem,

As the tents of Kedar,

As the curtains of Solomon.

Song of Solomon 1:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Song of Solomon 1:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Young women of Jerusalem, I am dark and lovely 

like Kedar’s tents, 

like Solomon’s curtains. 

Song of Solomon 1:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Daughters of Jerusalem,

I am dark like the tents of Kedar,

yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon.

Song of Solomon 1:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

I am black and beautiful,

O daughters of Jerusalem,

like the tents of Kedar,

like the curtains of Solomon.

Song of Solomon 1:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

I am black but beautiful, O maidens of Jerusalem,

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

Song of Solomon 1:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

“Women of Jerusalem,

my skin is dark but lovely.

It is dark like the tents in Kedar.

It’s like the curtains of Solomon’s tent.

Song of Solomon 1:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“I am black but lovely,

O daughters of Jerusalem,

Like the tents of Kedar,

Like the curtains of Solomon.


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