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.
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WEB
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.
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.
Word study
Look
râʼâh H7200
not
ʼal H408
upon me, because I
shel H7945
am black,
shᵉcharchôreth H7840
because the sun
shemesh H8121
hath looked
shel H7945
upon me: my mother'
ʼêm H517
s children
bên H1121
were angry
chârâh H2734
with me; they made
sûwm H7760
me the keeper
nâṭar H5201
of
ʼêth H853
the vineyards;
kerem H3754
but mine own
shel H7945
vineyard
kerem H3754
have I not
lôʼ H3808
kept.
nâṭar H5201
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