Song of Solomon 3:1

Song of Solomon chapter 3 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Context

v.1This passage

v.2I 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Song of Solomon 5:6

    I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone.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.

  • Psalms 130:1

    Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah.

  • Luke 13:24

    Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

  • Isaiah 26:9

    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

  • Psalms 77:2

    In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted.

  • Song of Solomon 5:8

    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.