Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
New American Standard Bible
In the
I sought him but did not find him.
King James Version
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Holman Bible
through the streets and the plazas.
I will seek the one I love.
I sought him, but did not find him.
International Standard Version
I'll get up and go all around the city, throughout the streets, and in the squares. I'll seek the one I love. I sought him, but didn't find him.
A Conservative Version
[I said], I will rise now, and go around the city. In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
American Standard Version
I said , I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Amplified
“I said ‘So I must arise now and go out into the city;
Into the streets and into the squares [places I do not know]
I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but I did not find him.
Bible in Basic English
I will get up now and go about the town, in the streets and in the wide ways I will go after him who is the love of my soul: I went after him, but I did not see him.
Darby Translation
I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broadways Will I seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Julia Smith Translation
I will arise now, and I will go round about in the city; in the streets, and in the broad places I will seek him whom my soul loved. I sought him, and I found him not
King James 2000
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 I found him not.
Modern King James verseion
I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the broad ways; I will seek Him whom my soul loves. I sought Him, but I did not find Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will get up, thought I, and go about the city, in the ways and in all the streets will I seek him whom my soul loveth: but when I sought him, I found him not.
NET Bible
"I will arise and look all around throughout the town, and throughout the streets and squares; I will search for my beloved." I searched for him but I did not find him.
New Heart English Bible
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 did not find him.
The Emphasized Bible
Come! I must arise, and go about in the city, In the paths and in the broadways, I must seek the beloved of my soul, - I sought him, but found him not.
Webster
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
-- Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! -- I sought him, and I found him not.
Interlinear
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 3:2
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. 3 The sentinels who go about in the city found me. "Have you seen the one whom my {heart} loves?"
Cross References
Psalm 22:1-2
My God, my God why have you forsaken me? [Why are you] far from helping me, [far from] the words of my groaning?
Psalm 42:7-9
Deep [is] calling to deep at the thunder of your waterfalls. All your breakers and your waves have passed over me.
Psalm 43:2-5
because you [are] the God of my refuge. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning because of [the] oppression of [the] enemy?
Psalm 77:7-10
Will the Lord reject [us] forever, and will he never be pleased [with us] again?
Proverbs 1:20-21
Wisdom calls out in the streets, in the squares she raises her voice.
Proverbs 8:2-3
{Atop the heights} beside the road, at the crossroads she stands.
Proverbs 8:34
Happy [is the] person who listens to me, [in order] to keep watch at my doors day by day, [in order] to guard the frames of my entrances.
Song of Songs 5:5
I myself arose to open to my beloved; my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh upon the handles of the bolt.
Isaiah 64:7
And there is no one who calls on your name, who pulls himself up to keep hold of you, for you have hidden your face from us, and melted us into the hand of our iniquity.
Jeremiah 5:1
"Roam about through the streets of Jerusalem, and look please, and take note, and search at its public squares, if you can find a person [who] does justice, [who] seeks honesty, so that I may forgive it.
Matthew 26:40-41
And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "So, were you not able to stay awake with me one hour?
Luke 14:21-23
And the slave came [and] reported these [things] to his master. Then the master of the house became angry [and] said to his slave, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame!'
John 1:6
A man came, sent from God, {whose name was} John.
Romans 13:11
And [do] this [because you] know the time, that [it is] already the hour for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation [is] nearer now than when we believed.
1 Corinthians 15:34
Sober up correctly and {stop sinning}, for some have no knowledge of God--I say [this] to your shame.
Ephesians 5:14
for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.