Song of Solomon 3:1-4

The Bride’s Troubled Dream

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“^(a)On my bed night after night I sought him
^(A)Whom my soul loves;
I ^(B)sought him but did not find him.

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‘^(b)I must arise now and ^(c)go about the city;
In the ^(C)streets and in the squares
^(d)I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.

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“^(D)The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’

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“^(E)Scarcely had I ^(e)left them
When I found him whom my soul loves;
I ^(F)held on to him and would not let him go
Until I had ^(G)brought him to my mother’s house,
And into the room of her who conceived me.”

Footnotes:

a. Song of Solomon 3:1: ['BRIDE']

b. Song of Solomon 3:2: ['Or ', Let me arise]

c. Song of Solomon 3:2: ['Or ', Let me arise]

d. Song of Solomon 3:2: ['Or ', Let me seek]

e. Song of Solomon 3:4: ['Lit ', passed]

Cross references:

A. Song of Solomon 3:1: Song of Solomon 1:7

B. Song of Solomon 3:1: Song of Solomon 5:6

C. Song of Solomon 3:2: Jeremiah 5:1

D. Song of Solomon 3:3: Song of Solomon 5:7; Isaiah 21:6-8; Isaiah 21:11; Isaiah 21:12

E. Song of Solomon 3:4: Proverbs 8:17

F. Song of Solomon 3:4: Proverbs 4:13; Romans 8:35; Romans 8:39

G. Song of Solomon 3:4: Song of Solomon 8:2