Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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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
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)
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
Baqash
בּקשׁ
Baqash
seek, require, request, seek out, enquired, besought, ask, sought for, begging, desire, get, inquisition, procureth
Usage: 225
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 3:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Maiden's Dream (?): Seeking And Finding
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I
Cross References
Song of Songs 5:6
I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had withdrawn himself and was gone; my soul went after his speech; I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Song of Songs 1:7
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loves, where thou dost feed, where thou dost make thy flock to rest at noon; for why did I have to be as a wanderer after the flocks of thy companions?
Isaiah 26:9
With my soul I desire thee in the night; yea, even as long as the spirit is within me I will seek thee early: for as long as thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Job 23:8-9
Behold, I shall go to the east and not find him; and to the west, but I cannot perceive him;
Psalm 4:4
Stand in awe, and sin not; meditate in your heart upon your bed, and desist. Selah.
Psalm 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; all the night I flood my bed; I water my couch with my tears.
Psalm 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Psalm 63:6-8
When I remember thee upon my bed and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Psalm 77:2-4
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; my sore bled in the night and ceased not; my soul refused to be comforted.
Psalm 130:1-2
Out of the depths I cry unto thee, O LORD.
Song of Songs 5:8
I charge you, O virgins of Jerusalem, if ye should find my beloved that ye cause him to know how sick I am 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 in at the narrow gate; for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in and shall not be able.
John 21:17
He said unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said unto him, Feed my sheep.
1 Peter 1:8
whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though at present ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;