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Worth Beyond Hardship
Commentators explain that the woman's dark skin is not her natural state but the result of forced, outdoor labor imposed by her brothers. She feels insecure ('Look not upon me'), yet this hardship doesn't diminish her true comeliness (v. 5). This reminds believers that worldly trials and mistreatment, while painful, do not define their true worth in God's eyes.
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Song Of Solomon
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Albert Barnes
On Song Of Solomon 1:5–8
18th Century
Theologian
The Targumist and other Jewish interpreters understand this section to foreshadow the condition of Israel in the wilderness. In a similar way, some…
Charles Ellicott
On Song Of Solomon 1:6
19th Century
Bishop
Look not ...—that is, with disdain, as in Job 41:34 (verse 26 in the Hebrew text).
Black.— Litera…
Charles Spurgeon
On Song Of Solomon 1:6–7
19th Century
Preacher
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 …
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John Gill
On Song Of Solomon 1:6
17th Century
Pastor
Look not upon me
Meaning not with scorn and disdain because of her meanness; nor as prying into her infirmities to e…
Matthew Henry
On Song Of Solomon 1:2–6
17th Century
Minister
The church, or rather the believer, speaks here in the character of the spouse of the King, the Messiah. The kisses of his mouth mean those assuran…