Song of Solomon 1:6
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.
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This section is made by the Targumist and other Jewish interpreters to adumbrate the condition of Israel in the wilderness; by some Christian expositors, that of the Gentile Church on her first…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
because Iam black The word for black here is a diminutive of the former word, and would be better translated swarthy.
the sun hath looked upon me Rather, hath scorched me (R.V.).
my mother's children…
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