Song of Solomon 3:2
1 On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
3 I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
4 I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.
- ASV
- [I said], 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.
- DARBY
- I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broadways Will I seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
- BLB
- Now I will rise and go about the city, in the streets and in the broad places; I will seek the one whom my soul loves. I sought him, and I did not find him.
- ÅB
- Da sa jeg: Jeg vil stå opp og gå omkring i byen, på gatene og på torvene; jeg vil lete etter ham som min sjel elsker. Jeg lette etter ham, men jeg fant ham ikke.
- OTB
- Jeg må stå opp nå og gå omkring i byen; På gatene og på torgene. Jeg må søke ham som min sjel elsker.” Jeg søkte ham, men fant ham ikke.
- B1930
- Da sa jeg: Jeg vil stå op og gå omkring i byen, på gatene og på torvene; jeg vil lete 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
Ephesians 5:14
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Read in contextRomans 13:11
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Read in contextIsaiah 64:7
No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
Read in contextProverbs 1:20–21
Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
Read in contextPsalms 22:1–2
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:5
I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
Read in contextPsalms 43:2–5
For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
Read in contextProverbs 8:2–3
On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
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