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Song of Solomon 3:1

At night on my bed, I look for the man I love. I looked for him, but I could not find him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Seekers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Beds;   Night;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Watchmen;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Apocrypha;   Canticles;   ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Song of Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Song of Songs;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Song of Songs;   Wisdom;   Wisdom of Solomon, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Alexandra;   Darius Iii;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 10;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In my bed at night
Hebrew Names Version
By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.
King James Version
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
English Standard Version
On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.
New American Standard Bible
"On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.
New Century Version
At night on my bed, I looked for the one I love; I looked for him, but I could not find him.
Amplified Bible
"On my bed night after night [I dreamed that] I sought the one Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.
World English Bible
By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In my bed by night I sought him that my soule loued: I sought him, but I found him not.
Legacy Standard Bible
"On my bed night after night I sought himWhom my soul loves;I sought him but did not find him.
Berean Standard Bible
On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him but did not find him.
Contemporary English Version
She Speaks: While in bed at night, I reached for the one I love with heart and soul. I looked for him, but he wasn't there.
Complete Jewish Bible
Night after night on my bed I looked for the man I love. I looked for him, but I didn't find him.
Darby Translation
On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
George Lamsa Translation
UPON my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him but found him not.
Good News Translation
Asleep on my bed, night after night I dreamed of the one I love; I was looking for him, but couldn't find him.
Lexham English Bible
On my bed in the night, I sought him whom my heart loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
Literal Translation
By night on my bed I sought Him whom my soul loves. I sought Him, but I did not find Him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
By night in my bedd, I sought him, whom my soule loueth: yee diligently sought I him, but I founde him not.
American Standard Version
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I found him not.
King James Version (1611)
By night on my bed I sought him whome my soule loueth. I sought him, but I found him not.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
By night in my bed I sought hym whom my soule loueth: yea diligently sought I him, but I found him not.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he hearkened not to me.
English Revised Version
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In my litle bed Y souyte hym bi niytis, whom my soule loueth; Y souyte hym, and Y foond not.
Update Bible Version
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him.
Webster's Bible Translation
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
New English Translation

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 King James Version
By night on my bed I sought the one I love; I sought him, but I did not find him.
New Living Translation

Young Woman

One night as I lay in bed, I yearned for my lover. I yearned for him, but he did not come.
New Life Bible
"On my bed night after night I looked for him whom my soul loves. I looked for him but did not find him.
New Revised Standard
Upon my bed at night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
SHEUpon my couch, in the night-time, sought I the beloved of my soul, - I sought him, but found him not.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and found him not.
Revised Standard Version
Upon my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.
Young's Literal Translation
On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!
THE MESSAGE
Restless in bed and sleepless through the night, I longed for my lover. I wanted him desperately. His absence was painful. So I got up, went out and roved the city, hunting through streets and down alleys. I wanted my lover in the worst way! I looked high and low, and didn't find him. And then the night watchmen found me as they patrolled the darkened city. "Have you seen my dear lost love?" I asked. No sooner had I left them than I found him, found my dear lost love. I threw my arms around him and held him tight, wouldn't let him go until I had him home again, safe at home beside the fire.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.

Contextual Overview

1 At night on my bed, I look for the man I love. I looked for him, but I could not find him. 2 I will get up now! I will go around the city. In the streets and squares, I will look for the man I love. I looked for him, but I could not find him. 3 The guards patrolling the city found me. I asked them, "Have you seen the man I love?" 4 I had just left the guards when I found the man I love! I held him and would not let him go, while I took him to my mother's house, to the room of one who bore me. 5 Women of Jerusalem, promise me by the gazelles and wild deer, don't awaken love, don't arouse love, until I am ready.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

night: Psalms 4:4, Psalms 6:6, Psalms 22:2, Psalms 63:6-8, Psalms 77:2-4, Isaiah 26:9

him whom: Song of Solomon 1:7, Song of Solomon 5:8, John 21:17, 1 Peter 1:8

but: Song of Solomon 5:6, Job 23:8, Job 23:9, Psalms 130:1, Psalms 130:2, Isaiah 55:6, Luke 13:24

Reciprocal: Job 29:5 - the Almighty Psalms 63:1 - early Song of Solomon 5:2 - sleep Matthew 25:5 - they Mark 13:36 - he find Luke 11:9 - seek John 11:29 - General 1 Corinthians 16:22 - love Hebrews 11:6 - diligently

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?" She said, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your children and her children will be enemies. You will bite her child's foot, but he will crush your head."
Ecclesiastes 4:10
If one person falls, the other person can reach out to help. But those who are alone when they fall have no one to help them.
Isaiah 27:1
At that time the Lord will judge Leviathan, the crooked snake. He will use his great sword, his hard and powerful sword, to punish Leviathan, that twisting, turning snake. He will kill the monster of the sea.
Matthew 4:3
The devil came to tempt him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these rocks to become bread."
Matthew 4:6
He said to Jesus, "If you are the Son of God, jump off, because the Scriptures say, ‘God will command his angels to help you, and their hands will catch you, so that you will not hit your foot on a rock.'"
Matthew 4:9
The devil said, "If you will bow down and worship me, I will give you all these things."
Matthew 10:16
"Listen! I am sending you, and you will be like sheep among wolves. So be smart like snakes. But also be like doves and don't hurt anyone.
2 Corinthians 11:14
That does not surprise us, because even Satan changes himself to look like an angel of light.
1 Peter 3:7
In the same way, you husbands should live with your wives in an understanding way, since they are weaker than you. You should show them respect, because God gives them the same blessing he gives you—the grace of true life. Do this so that nothing will stop your prayers from being heard.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth,.... The day being not yet broke, the night of Jewish darkness still on the church, and the shadow of the ceremonial law as yet stretched upon her; and having some knowledge of Christ by types and prophecies, desires more, and seeks it in the use of means: though the words may be taken in a more large sense, and represent the state and condition of the church and of all true believers in any age, and at one time as well as another; who, when their beloved is absent, it is "night" with them; as Christ's presence makes day, his absence makes night; and it was now night with the Church, either of affliction, or of darkness and desertion, and indeed of both. The word is plural, "by nights" i; one night after another, successively, she sought her beloved; which both expresses the continuance of her state, and her diligence and constancy in seeking Christ. The place where she sought him was "her bed"; not the same as in Song of Solomon 1:16; which was both Christ's and hers, and where a different word is used; but this was purely her own: either a bed of affliction, when good men usually seek the Lord, Isaiah 26:16 Hosea 5:15; or rather of carnal ease and security, in which she continued, and rose not up from it to seek her beloved; which shows the cold, lukewarm, lazy frame she was in, and formal manner in which she sought him, and so succeeded not: however, he was stilt the person "whom [her] soul loved", cordially and sincerely, though not so fervently as she had done; true love, though it may be abated, cannot be lost;

I sought him, but I found him not; because she sought him not aright; not timely, nor fervently and diligently, nor in a proper place; not in her closet, by prayer, reading, and meditation, nor in public ordinances, she afterwards did; but on her bed.

i בלילות εν νυξιν, Sept. "per noctes", V. L. Junius Tremeilius, Piscator "in noctibus", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine versions, Marckius, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By night - i. e., In the night-hours.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER III

The bride mentions the absence of her spouse, her search after

him, and her ultimate success, 1-5.

A description of the bridegroom, his bed, chariot, &c., 6-11.

NOTES ON CHAP. III

Verse Song of Solomon 3:1. By night on my bed I sought him — It appears that the bridegroom only saw the bride by night: that on the night referred to here he did not come as usual. The bride troubled on the account, rose and sought him, inquired of the city guards, and continued to seek till at last she found him, and brought him to her apartment, Song of Solomon 3:2-4.


 
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