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Song of Solomon 1:6

Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

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ASV

Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath scorched me. My mother’s sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept.

KJV

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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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תִּרְא֙וּנִי֙tir.'U.niyou look at meH7200 →
שֶׁאֲנִ֣יshe.'a.Niwho IH589 →
שְׁחַרְחֹ֔רֶתshe.char.Cho.ret[am] blackishH7840 →
שֶׁשֱּׁזָפַ֖תְנִיshe.she.za.Fat.ni[on] whom <it> has looked on meH7805 →
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshthe sunH8121 →
בְּנֵ֧יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121 →
אִמִּ֣י'i.Mimother myH517 →
נִֽחֲרוּ־ni.cha.ru-they were angryH2734 →
בִ֗יViwith me
שָׂמֻ֙נִי֙sa.Mu.nithey made meH7760 →
נֹטֵרָ֣הno.te.Rah[one who] keepsH5201 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַכְּרָמִ֔יםha.ke.ra.Mimthe vineyardsH3754 →
כַּרְמִ֥יkar.Miown vineyard myH3754 →
שֶׁלִּ֖יshe.Liwhich [belongs] to me
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
נָטָֽרְתִּי׃na.Ta.re.tiI have keptH5201 →

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Song of Solomon 8:11–12Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.Luke 12:51–53Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.Isaiah 66:5You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”Jeremiah 12:6Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.Mark 4:6But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.Psalms 69:8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.Song of Solomon 8:12But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.Matthew 10:35–36For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.Ruth 1:19–21So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”Galatians 4:29At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.Matthew 10:25It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!Micah 7:6For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.Matthew 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.Lamentations 4:8But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.Revelation 7:16‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’Jeremiah 8:21For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.

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