Song of Solomon 1:7 · KJV
“Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest {thy flock} to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? {as one...: or, as one that is veiled}”
— Song of Solomon 1:7
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.
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Song of Solomon 1 — Context
I {am} black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6Look 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.
7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest {thy flock} to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? {as one...: or, as one that is veiled}
8If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
9I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:1-4
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Isaiah 13:20
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Psalms 23:1-2
[A Psalm of David.] The LORD {is} my shepherd; I shall not want.
Psalms 28:1
[{A Psalm} of David.] Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, {if} thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. {to me: Heb. from me}
Genesis 37:16
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed {their flocks}.
John 10:28-29
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any {man} pluck them out of my hand.
Song of Solomon 8:13
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear {it}.
Song of Solomon 6:3
I {am} my beloved's, and my beloved {is} mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
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