Songs 1:6
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Shew me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou liest in the midday, lest I begin to wander after the flocks of thy companions.

look

Ruth 1:19-21 So they went together, and came to Bethlehem. And when they were come into the city, the report was quickly spread among all: and the women said: This is that Noemi. . . .

because

Job 30:30 My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat.

Jeremiah 8:21 For the affliction of the daughter of my people I am afflicted, and made sorrowful, astonishment hath taken hold on me.

Lamentations 4:8 Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is become like wood.

Mark 4:6 And when the sun was risen, 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: and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

my mother's

Psalm 69:8 I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.

Jeremiah 12:6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have fought against thee, and have cried after thee with full voice: believe them not when they speak good things to thee.

Micah 7:6 For the son dishonoureth the father, and the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law: and a man's enemies are they of his own household.

Matthew 10:22,25,35,36 And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved. . . .

Luke 12:51-53 Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. . . .

Galatians 4:29 But as then he that was born according to the flesh persecuted him that was after the spirit: so also it is now.

keeper

Songs 8:11,12 The peaceable had a vineyard, in that which hath people: he let out the same to keepers, every man bringeth for the fruit thereof a thousand pieces of silver. . . .

Context
The Bride Confesses Her Love
5Do 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. 6Shew me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou liest in the midday, lest I begin to wander after the flocks of thy companions.7If thou know not thyself, O fairest among women, go forth, and follow after the steps of the flocks, and feed thy kids beside the tents of the shepherds.…
Cross References
Psalm 69:8
I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.

Songs 8:11
The peaceable had a vineyard, in that which hath people: he let out the same to keepers, every man bringeth for the fruit thereof a thousand pieces of silver.

Lexicon
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

stare
תִּרְא֙וּנִי֙ (tir·’ū·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

because I
שֶׁאֲנִ֣י (še·’ă·nî)
Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

am dark,
שְׁחַרְחֹ֔רֶת (šə·ḥar·ḥō·reṯ)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7840: Blackish

for the sun
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ (haš·šā·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

has looked upon me.
שֶׁשֱּׁזָפַ֖תְנִי (šeš·šĕ·zā·p̄aṯ·nî)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7805: To catch sight of, look on

My mother’s
אִמִּ֣י (’im·mî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, )

sons
בְּנֵ֧י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

were angry
נִֽחֲרוּ־ (ni·ḥă·rū-)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2787: To be hot or scorched, to burn

with me;
בִ֗י (ḇî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

they made
שָׂמֻ֙נִי֙ (śā·mu·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

me a keeper
נֹטֵרָ֣ה (nō·ṭê·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5201: To guard, to cherish

of the vineyards,
הַכְּרָמִ֔ים (hak·kə·rā·mîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3754: A garden, vineyard

[but] my own vineyard
כַּרְמִ֥י (kar·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3754: A garden, vineyard

I have neglected.
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no


Additional Translations
Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has looked 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.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.

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.

Look not upon me, because I am dark, because the sun has looked unfavourably upon me: my mother's sons strove with me; they made me keeper in the vineyards; I have not kept my own vineyard.

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.

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.

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 my own vineyard have I not kept.

Don't stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven't kept my own vineyard.

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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