Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
New American Standard Bible
But my beloved had
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King James Version
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Holman Bible
but my love had turned and gone away.
I was crushed
I sought him, but did not find him.
I called him, but he did not answer.
International Standard Version
I opened the door for my beloved, but my beloved had turned away; he was gone! My very life went out when he departed. I searched for him, but couldn't find him. I called out to him, but he didn't answer.
American Standard Version
I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Amplified
“I opened for my beloved,
But my beloved had turned away and was gone.
My heart went out to him when he spoke.
I searched for him, but I could not find him;
I called him, but he did not answer me.
Bible in Basic English
I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.
Darby Translation
I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself; he was gone: My soul went forth when he spoke. I sought him, but I found him not; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Julia Smith Translation
I opened to my beloved, and my beloved turned about, he passed away: my soul went forth in his speaking: I sought and I found him not; I called him and he answered me not
King James 2000
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spoke: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Modern King James verseion
I opened to my Beloved, but my Beloved had left. He passed on. My soul went out when He spoke; I sought Him, but I could not find Him. I called Him, but He did not answer me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Nevertheless when I had opened unto my beloved, he was departed and gone his way. Now like as afore time when he spake, my heart could not longer refrain: Even so now I sought him, but I could not find him: I cried upon him, nevertheless he gave me no answer.
NET Bible
I opened for my beloved, but my lover had already turned and gone away. I fell into despair when he departed. I looked for him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.
New Heart English Bible
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 did not find him. I called him, but he did not answer.
The Emphasized Bible
I myself, opened to my beloved, but, my beloved, had turned away, had passed on, - My soul, had gone out when he spake, I sought him, but found him not, I called him, but he answered not.
Webster
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spoke: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
I opened to my beloved, But my beloved withdrew -- he passed on, My soul went forth when he spake, I sought him, and found him not. I called him, and he answered me not.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Song of Solomon 5:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Maiden's Dream: Seeking And Not Finding
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. 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. 7 The sentinels making rounds in the city found me; they beat me, they wounded me; they took my cloak away from me-- {those sentinels on the walls}!
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Names
Cross References
Song of Songs 5:2
I [was] asleep but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved knocking! "Open to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect one! For my head is full of dew, {my hair drenched from the moist night air}."
Genesis 42:28
And he said to his brothers, "My money was returned and moreover, behold, [it is] in my sack!" Then {their hearts failed them} and each of them trembled [and] said, "What [is] this God has done to us?"
1 Samuel 28:6
And Saul inquired of Yahweh, but Yahweh did not answer him, not by dreams or by the Urim or by the prophets.
2 Samuel 16:10
The king said, "{What do we have in common}, sons of Zeruiah? If he curses because Yahweh has said to him 'Curse David,' who can say, "Why have you done this?"
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 28:1
To you, O Yahweh, I call. O my rock, do not be deaf to me. Or else, if you are silent to me, then I will become like those descending to [the] pit.
Psalm 30:7
O Yahweh, by your favor you caused my strong mountain to stand. You hid your face. I was bewildered.
Psalm 69:3
I am weary with my calling [out]; my throat is parched. My eyes are exhausted [in my] waiting for my God.
Psalm 77:3
I remember God and I groan loudly; I meditate and my spirit grows faint.
Psalm 80:4
O Yahweh God [of] hosts, {how long will you be angry} against the prayer of your people?
Psalm 88:9-14
My eye languishes from misery. I call on you, O Yahweh, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
Proverbs 1:28
then they will call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but not find me.
Song of Songs 3:1-2
On my bed in the night, I sought him whom my {heart} loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
Song of Songs 5:4
My beloved thrust his hand into the opening, and my inmost yearned for him.
Song of Songs 6:1
Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned that we may seek him with you?
Isaiah 8:17
And I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will await him.
Isaiah 12:1
And you will say on that day, "I will give you thanks, Yahweh, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, and you comforted me.
Isaiah 50:2
Why was there no man when I came, no one who answered when I called? {Do I lack the strength to save}? Or [is there] no power in me to deliver? Look! by my rebuke I dry up [the] sea; I {make} [the] rivers a desert; their fish stink because there is no water, and they die because of thirst.
Isaiah 54:6-8
For Yahweh has called you like a wife forsaken and hurt of spirit, like [the] wife of childhood when she is rejected, says your God.
Isaiah 57:16
For I will not attack forever, and I will not be angry forever, for [the] spirit will grow faint before me, and [the] breaths [that] I myself I have made.
Isaiah 58:2
Yet they seek me day [by] day, and they desire the knowledge of my ways like a nation that {practiced} righteousness, and had not forsaken the judgment of its God; they ask me for {righteous judgments}, they desire the closeness of God.
Lamentations 3:8
Though I cry out for help, he shuts out my prayers.
Hosea 5:6
With their flocks and herds they will go to seek Yahweh, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
Hosea 5:15
{I will return again} to my place until they acknowledge [their] guilt and seek my face; in their distress they will search me.
Zechariah 7:13
'Thus, just as I called and they would not hear, so they will call and I will not hear,' says Yahweh of hosts.
Matthew 15:22-28
And behold, a Canaanite woman from that district came [and] cried out, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter [is] severely possessed by a demon!"
Matthew 26:75
And Peter remembered the statement Jesus had said, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times," and he went outside [and] wept bitterly.
Mark 14:72
And immediately a rooster crowed for the second time. And Peter remembered the statement, how Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times," and throwing himself down, he began to weep.
Luke 22:61-62
And the Lord turned around [and] looked intently at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I reprove and discipline. Be zealous, therefore, and repent!