Song of Solomon 1:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. ”

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This section is made by the Targumist and other Jewish interpreters to adumbrate the condition of Israel in the wilderness; by some Christian expositors, that of the Gentile Church on her first con...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

I [am] (f) black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of (g) Kedar, as the (h) curtains of Solomon. (f) The Church confesses her spots and sin, but has confidence in the favour of...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 1:1 . Superscription by the collector or a later editor describing the whole book as the noblest or the most beautiful of Solomon's songs ( 1 Kings 4:32 ). Song of Solomon 1:2-...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

black . swarthy (feminine) daughters of Jerusalem: i.e. the ladies of Solomon's court. Kedar . dark. All Kedar's tents were black. as. Supply the Ellipsis (App-6), "[but comely] as the curta...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. I am black, but comely - This is literally true of many of the Asiatic women; though black or...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I am black, but comely— The word שׁחורה shechorah, rendered black, signifies brown, swarthy, or dark-complexioned, and denotes such a duskiness as that of the morning, when some little light be...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Black ... as the tents of Kedar - from the root kaadar, to be black ( Psalms 120:5 ). S...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ardent Affection of the Lovers 2-7. Songs of the bride: her enquiry and his answers.
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As the tents of Kedar — i.e., Dark as the Kedareen tents of black goats’ hair, beautiful as the royal pavilions with their rich hangings. For a similar style of parallelism, comp. Isaiah 15:3 :...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

TRUE LOVE TESTED Song of Solomon 1:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 2:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 3:1-11 ; Song of Solomon 4:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 5:1 THE poem opens with a scene in Solomon's palace. A co...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

No Book has been provocative of more controversy than this. The question at issue is as to its place and value in Holy Scripture. While there are different varieties of each, the interpretations may...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. There is a very great beauty in this verse, considered as to the view the Church had of hersel...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem ,.... The church having obtained of Christ, what she wanted, turns to the daughters of Jerusalem, the same perhaps with the virgins her companio...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Ver. 5. I am black, but comely. ] Heb., Black as the morning, or day dawning, which hath...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I am black I confess, as to myself, I am contemptible and deformed. She alludes to the complexion of Pharaoh's daughter; but comely Yet I am glorious within, Psalms 45:13 ; and comely, through...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Love of the Church to Christ. 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. ...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I am black. It might be objected, Who art thou, that thou shouldst have or pretend to such a royal Bridegroom, and such honours and favours? To this the church answers, I confess, as to myself and...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

SECTION 1. The First Assignation of The Lovers ( Song of Solomon 1:2 to Song of Solomon 2:7 ). In this first section a young Northern maiden is thinking about the handsome young shepherd king,...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Notes Song of Solomon 1:6 . 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; but my own vi...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Song of Song of Solomon 1 I. Though written very possibly by Solomon with reference to the daughter of Pharaoh, this Song seems evidently to have had a deep symbolical meaning from the very begi...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Now, concerning our love to him, let us read a few verses of the Song of Solomon, first chapter. You have been introduced to the Beloved, red with his own blood, but never so lovely as in his passion...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 1:1 . The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. Here our version varies from the Hebrew. The particle prefixed to the noun Solomon is rendered in the genitive, instead of the dative c...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem. The church’s blackness I. The church of God and Christians, whilst they are here, are in an imperfect state. There is a mixture of some ligh...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Song of Solomon 1:1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's. This is certainly the title of the book which follows, although in our present Hebrew Bible it is the first verse of...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Song of Solomon Chapter 1. The Church's Longing for Christ.
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:10-13 ; 1 John 3:1 ; 2 Corinthians 5:21 ; Ephesians 5:26 ; Ezekiel 16:14 ; Galatians 4:26 ; Isaiah 53:2 ; Isaiah 61:10 ; Luke 13:34 ; Luke 15:22 ; Matthew 10:25 ; Matthew...
Song of Solomon 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Black — I confess, as to myself, I am contemptible and deformed. She alludes to the complexion of Pharaoh's daughter. Comely — Yet I am glorious within, and comely through the beauty which my husba...

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Song of Solomon 1:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Song of Solomon 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Song of Solomon 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Song of Solomon 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes