Look not on me, because I am black, because the sun has looked on me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard have I not kept. Treasury of Scripture look Ruth 1:19-21 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem... because Job 30:30 My skin is black on me, and my bones are burned with heat. Jeremiah 8:21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment has taken hold on me. Lamentations 4:8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin sticks to their bones; it is withered... Mark 4:6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith... my mother's Psalm 69:8 I am become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother's children. Jeremiah 12:6 For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; yes... Micah 7:6 For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law... Matthew 10:22,25,35,36 And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved... Luke 12:51-53 Suppose you that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, No; but rather division... Galatians 4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. keeper Songs 8:11,12 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers...
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5I am black, but comely, O you daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 6Look not on me, because I am black, because the sun has looked on me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard have I not kept. 7Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turns aside by the flocks of your companions? Parallel Verses American Standard Version
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Do not consider me that I am brown, because the sun hath altered my colour: the sons of my mother have fought against me, they have made me the keeper in the vineyards: my vineyard I have not kept.
Darby Bible Translation
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 keeper of the vineyards; Mine own vineyard have I not kept.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
Fear me not, because I am very dark, Because the sun hath scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard -- my own -- I have not kept.
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