Verse Comparison: Song of Solomon 1:5
American Standard Version
I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
Amplified® Bible
I am so black; but [you are] lovely {and} pleasant [the ladies assured her]. O you daughters of Jerusalem, [I am as dark] as the tents of [the Bedouin tribe] Kedar, like the [beautiful] curtains of Solomon!
Contemporary English Version
Take me to your home. We are happy for you! And we praise your love even more than wine. Young women of Jerusalem, it is only right that you should adore him. My skin is dark and beautiful, like a tent in the desert or like Solomon's curtains.
Darby English Version
I am black, but comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
Good News Bible
Women of Jerusalem, I am dark but beautiful, dark as the desert tents of Kedar, but beautiful as the draperies in Solomon's palace.
King James Version
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
New American Standard Bible
"I am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.
New International Version
Dark am I, yet lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
dark like the tents of Kedar,
like the tent curtains of Solomon.
New King James Version
I am dark, but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" I look black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.
Revised Standard Version
I am very dark, but comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
Young's Literal Translation
Dark `am' I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.
