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In the King James translation, Jeremiah 8:21 reads: For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
This verse has nothing to do with skin color, if that's the gist of your question. The Hebrew word translated "black" in the King James means "to mourn, to cause to mourn; to darken (as a mood), to be dark."
The New King James reads: For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt. I am mourning; Astonishment has taken hold of me.
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From someone who actually speaks Hebrew: the word is kadarti, which means a sad intensive mood, and is not a color at all. The King James translation is more of a commentary than a literal rendering.
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