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Song of Solomon 3:1
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"On my bed night after night I sought himWhom my soul loves;I sought him but did not find him.
"On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.
By night in my bed I sought hym whom my soule loueth: yea diligently sought I him, but I found him not.
On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
By night on my bed I sought the one I love; I sought him, but I did not find him.
By night on my bed I sought Him whom my soul loves. I sought Him, but I did not find Him.
At night on my bed, I look for the man I love. I looked for him, but I could not find him.
By night on my bed I sought him whome my soule loueth. I sought him, but I found him not.
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
By night in my bedd, I sought him, whom my soule loueth: yee diligently sought I him, but I founde him not.
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.
"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.
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
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.
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him.
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
The Beloved about Her Lover:
All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.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.
Night after night on my bed I looked for the man I love. I looked for him, but I didn't find him.
In my bed by night I sought him that my soule loued: I sought him, but I found him not.
UPON my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him but found him not.
By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I found him not.
Young Woman
One night as I lay in bed, I yearned for my lover. I yearned for him, but he did not come."On my bed night after night I looked for him whom my soul loves. I looked for him but did not find him.
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.
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him but did not find him.
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.
SHEUpon my couch, in the night-time, sought I the beloved of my soul, - I sought him, but found him not.
In my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and found him not.
On my bed in the night, I sought him whom my heart loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.
"On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.
At night on my bed, I looked for the one I love; I looked for him, but I could not find him.
Asleep on my bed, night after night I dreamed of the one I love; I was looking for him, but couldn't find him.
In my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
In my litle bed Y souyte hym bi niytis, whom my soule loueth; Y souyte hym, and Y foond not.
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.
On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!
Contextual Overview
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
Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.
In that day Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will kill the monster that is in the sea.
The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."
and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will give his angels charge concerning you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, So that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"
He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
You husbands, in like manner, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; not cutting off your prayers.
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.
