Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 3:2
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. 3 The watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"
Cross References
Psalm 22:1-2
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
Psalm 42:7-9
Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
Psalm 43:2-5
For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalm 77:7-10
"Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?
Proverbs 1:20-21
Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.
Proverbs 8:2-3
On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
Song of Songs 5:5
I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
Isaiah 64:7
There is none who calls on your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.
Jeremiah 5:1
"Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
Matthew 26:40-41
He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?
Luke 14:21-23
"That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'
John 1:6
There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
Romans 13:11
Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
1 Corinthians 15:34
Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
Ephesians 5:14
Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."