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. I will seek the one I love in the streets and broad ways. I sought him, but I did not find him.

Cross References

Song of Songs 5:6

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My heart jumped when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him. I called him, but he did not answer.

Song of Songs 1:7

(To Her Beloved) Tell me, O you whom I love where you feed your flock and where you make it rest at noon. Why should I be as one who veils herself by the flocks of your companions?

Isaiah 26:9

I yearn for you in the night. In the morning I long for you with all my being. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Job 23:8-9

Behold, I go forward but He is not there. I go backward, but I cannot perceive him.

Psalm 4:4

Tremble, stand in awe and do not sin! Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and keep silent.

Psalm 6:6

I am worn out from groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

Psalm 22:2

My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer. I cry by night, but I find no rest.

Psalm 63:6-8

As I lie on my bed, I remember you. Through the long hours of the night, I think about you.

Psalm 77:2-4

In the day of my trouble I sought Jehovah. My hand was stretched out in the night, and did not get tired. I refused to be comforted.

Psalm 130:1-2

Out of the depths of despair I have cried to you, O Jehovah.

Song of Songs 5:8

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him, that I am lovesick.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek Jehovah while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

Luke 13:24

Strive to go in through the narrow door. Many people will try to go in and will not be able.

John 21:17

The third time Jesus said to him: Simon, son of John, do you have affection for me? Peter was grieved. Because he said to him the third time, do you have affection for me? Peter replied: Lord, you know all things; you know I have affection for you! Jesus said to him: Feed my sheep.

1 Peter 1:8

You love him without seeing him. Though you do not see him, you believe in him. Full of glory, you rejoice greatly with indescribable joy.

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