Song of Solomon 3:2
1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
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?
4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
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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
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Read in contextIsaiah 64:7
And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
Read in contextProverbs 1:20–21
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Read in contextPsalms 22:1–2
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:5
I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
Read in contextPsalms 43:2–5
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Read in contextProverbs 8:2–3
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
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