Song of Solomon 3:1
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
- KJV
- By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
- WEB
- By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.
- ASV
- By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
- DARBY
- On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
- BLB
- On my bed in the night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, and I did not find him.
- ÅB
- På mitt leie lette jeg om natten etter ham som min sjel elsker; jeg lette etter ham, men jeg fant ham ikke.
- OTB
- På mitt leie, natt etter natt, lette jeg etter ham Som min sjel elsker; Jeg søkte ham, men fant ham ikke.
- B1930
- På mitt leie lette jeg om natten efter ham som min sjel elsker; jeg lette efter ham, men jeg fant ham ikke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 1:8
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:6
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 1:7
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?
Read in contextIsaiah 26:9
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:6
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:8
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Read in contextPsalms 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Read in contextPsalms 130:1–2
Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
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