Thematic Bible




Song of Songs 3:1 (show verse)

On my bed night after night I sought him
Whom my soul loves;
I sought him but did not find him.

Song of Songs 3:2 (show verse)

I must arise now and go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.

Song of Songs 3:3 (show verse)

The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’

Song of Songs 3:4 (show verse)

Scarcely had I left them
When I found him whom my soul loves;
I held on to him and would not let him go
Until I had brought him to my mother’s house,
And into the room of her who conceived me.”

Song of Songs 3:5 (show verse)

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you will not arouse or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”
No Themes for this verse.

Song of Songs 3:6 (show verse)

What is this coming up from the wilderness
Like columns of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all scented powders of the merchant?

Song of Songs 3:7 (show verse)

“Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon;
Sixty mighty men around it,
Of the mighty men of Israel.

Song of Songs 3:8 (show verse)

“All of them are wielders of the sword,
Expert in war;
Each man has his sword at his side,
Guarding against the terrors of the night.

Song of Songs 3:9 (show verse)

“King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chair
From the timber of Lebanon.

Song of Songs 3:10 (show verse)

“He made its posts of silver,
Its back of gold
And its seat of purple fabric,
With its interior lovingly fitted out
By the daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Songs 3:11 (show verse)

“Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
And gaze on King Solomon with the crown
With which his mother has crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
And on the day of his gladness of heart.”