Parallel Verses
World English Bible
By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.
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.
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
1 By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him. 2 I will get up 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 I didn't find him.
Cross References
Song of Songs 5:6
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn't find him. I called him, but he didn't answer.
Song of Songs 1:7
Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? Lover
Isaiah 26:9
With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Job 23:8-9
"If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can't find him;
Psalm 4:4
Stand in awe, and don't sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psalm 6:6
I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.
Psalm 22:2
My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; in the night season, and am not silent.
Psalm 63:6-8
when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.
Psalm 77:2-4
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
Psalm 130:1-2
Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.
Song of Songs 5:8
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends
Isaiah 55:6
Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:
Luke 13:24
"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
John 21:17
He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?" Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, "Do you have affection for me?" He said to him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.
1 Peter 1:8
whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory --