Song of Solomon 5:6

⁴ My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.

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.

I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

⁷ I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.

⁸ O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.
KJV: I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
WEB: I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left, and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn’t find him. I called him, but he didn’t answer.
ASV: I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, [and] was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
DARBY: I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself; he was gone: My soul went forth when he spoke. I sought him, but I found him not; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
BLB: I opened for my beloved, and my beloved had turned away [and] had gone! My heart went forth at his speaking. I sought him, and could not find him; I called [to] him, and he did not answer me.

ÅB: Jeg lukket opp for min elskede, men min elskede hadde vendt om og gått bort; min sjel var ute av seg selv over hans ord; jeg lette etter ham, men fant ham ikke; jeg ropte på ham, men han svarte meg ikke.
OTB: Jeg åpnet for min elskede, Men min elskede hadde vendt seg bort og gått! Min sjel sviktet da han dro. Jeg lette etter ham, men fant ham ikke; Jeg ropte på ham, men han svarte meg ikke.
B1930: Jeg lukket op for min elskede, men min elskede hadde vendt om og gått bort; min sjel var ute av sig selv over hans ord; jeg lette efter ham, men fant ham ikke; jeg ropte på ham, men han svarte mig ikke.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Song of Solomon 5:2
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
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Revelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
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Hosea 5:15
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
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Hosea 5:6
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
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Isaiah 58:2
For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
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Isaiah 54:6–8
For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
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1 Samuel 28:6
He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.
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Luke 22:61–62
And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”
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