Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 in the night, I sought him whom my {heart} loves. I sought him, but I did not find him. 2 Now I will arise, and I will go about in the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my {heart} loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.

Cross References

Song of Songs 5:6

I opened myself to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone; my heart sank when he turned away. I sought him, but I did not find him; I called him, but he did not answer me.

Song of Songs 1:7

Tell me, [you] whom my {heart} loves, where do you pasture your flock, where do your sheep lie down at the noon? {For why should I be like} one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?

Isaiah 26:9

I desire you [with all] my soul in the night; also I seek you [with] my spirit within me, for when your judgments [are] {upon} the earth, [the] inhabitants of [the] world learn righteousness.

Job 23:8-9

"When I go forward, {he is not there}, or backward, I cannot see him.

Psalm 4:4

Be disturbed but do not sin. Commune in your heart on your bed and be silent. Selah

Psalm 6:6

I am weary with my groaning; {I flood} my bed every night. With my tears {I drench} my couch.

Psalm 22:2

O my God, I call by day and you do not answer, and [by] night but I have no rest.

Psalm 63:6-8

When I remember you on my bed, I meditate on you in [the] night watches.

Psalm 77:2-4

In the day I [have] trouble, I seek the Lord. At night my hand stretches out {continually}; my soul refuses to be comforted.

Psalm 130:1-2

Out of [the] depths I call to you, O Yahweh.

Song of Songs 5:8

I adjure you, {O maidens of Jerusalem}, if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? [Tell him] that I am {lovesick}!

Isaiah 55:6

Seek Yahweh {while he lets himself be found}; call him {while he is} near.

Luke 13:24

"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to,

John 21:17

He said to him a third [time], "Simon [son] of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed because he said to him a 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

whom, [although you] have not seen, you love; in whom now you believe, [although you] do not see [him], and you rejoice greatly with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

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