Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

On my bed night after night I sought him
Whom my soul loves;
I sought him but did not find him.

King James Version

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Holman Bible

In my bed at night
I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but did not find him.

International Standard Version

Night after night on my bed, I sought the one I love; I sought him, but didn't find him.

A Conservative Version

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.

American Standard Version

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Amplified

(The Shulammite Bride)“On my bed night after night [I dreamed that] I sought the one
Whom my soul loves;
I sought him but did not find him.

Bible in Basic English

By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.

Darby Translation

On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Julia Smith Translation

Upon my bed in the night I sought him whom my soul loved: I sought him, and I found him not

King James 2000

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not.

Lexham Expanded Bible

On my bed in the night, I sought him whom my {heart} loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.

Modern King James verseion

By night on my bed I sought Him whom my soul loved; I sought Him, but I did not find Him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

By night in my bed I sought him, whom my soul loveth: yea, diligently sought I him, but I found him not.

NET Bible

The Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.

New Heart English Bible

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.

The Emphasized Bible

SHEUpon my couch, in the night-time, sought I the beloved of my soul, - I sought him, but found him not.

Webster

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

World English Bible

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.

Youngs Literal Translation

On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
By night
לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

on my bed
משׁכּב 
Mishkab 
Usage: 46

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

him, but I found
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

References

Verse Info

Context Readings

Maiden's Dream (?): Seeking And Finding

1 On my bed night after night I sought him
Whom my soul loves;
I sought him but did not find him.
2 I will rise 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 found him not.

Cross References

Song of Songs 5:6

I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.

Song of Songs 1:7

Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?

Isaiah 26:9

My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Job 23:8-9

"Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him;

Psalm 4:4

Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah

Psalm 6:6

I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.

Psalm 22:2

O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.

Psalm 63:6-8

when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;

Psalm 77:2-4

In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.

Psalm 130:1-2

Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD!

Song of Songs 5:8

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

Isaiah 55:6

"Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;

Luke 13:24

"Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

John 21:17

He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.

1 Peter 1:8

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

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