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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Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Song of Solomon 1:5-8
This section is made by the Targumist and other Jewish interpreters to adumbrate the condition of Israel in the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
because Iam black The word for black here is a diminutive of the former word, and would be better translated…
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