Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
through the streets and the plazas.
I will seek the one I love.
I sought him, but did not find him.
New American Standard Bible
In the
I sought him but did not find him.
King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
I'll get up and go all around the city, throughout the streets, and in the squares. I'll seek the one I love. I sought him, but didn't find him.
A Conservative Version
[I said], I will rise now, and go around the city. In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
American Standard Version
I 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.
Amplified
“I said ‘So I must arise now and go out into the city;
Into the streets and into the squares [places I do not know]
I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but I did not find him.
Bible in Basic English
I will get up now and go about the town, in the streets and in the wide ways I will go after him who is the love of my soul: I went after him, but I did not see him.
Darby Translation
I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broadways Will I seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Julia Smith Translation
I will arise now, and I will go round about in the city; in the streets, and in the broad places I will seek him whom my soul loved. I sought him, and I found him not
King James 2000
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now I will arise, and I will go about in the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my {heart} loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
Modern King James verseion
I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the broad ways; I will seek Him whom my soul loves. I sought Him, but I did not find Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will get up, thought I, and go about the city, in the ways and in all the streets will I seek him whom my soul loveth: but when I sought him, I found him not.
NET Bible
"I will arise and look all around throughout the town, and throughout the streets and squares; I will search for my beloved." I searched for him but I did not find him.
New Heart English Bible
I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
The Emphasized Bible
Come! I must arise, and go about in the city, In the paths and in the broadways, I must seek the beloved of my soul, - I sought him, but found him not.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.
Youngs Literal Translation
-- Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! -- I sought him, and I found him not.
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 3:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Maiden's Dream (?): Seeking And Finding
1
I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but did not find him.
through the streets and the plazas.
I will seek the one I love.
I sought him, but did not find him.
I asked them, “Have you seen the one I love?”
Cross References
Psalm 22:1-2
For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.”
Why are You so far from my deliverance
and from my words of groaning?
Psalm 42:7-9
all Your breakers and Your billows have swept over me.
Psalm 43:2-5
For You are the God of my refuge.
Why have You rejected me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?
Psalm 77:7-10
and never again show favor?
Proverbs 1:20-21
she raises her voice in the public squares.
Proverbs 8:2-3
at the crossroads, she takes her stand.
Proverbs 8:34
watching at my doors every day,
waiting by the posts of my doorway.
Song of Songs 5:5
My hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with flowing myrrh
on the handles of the bolt.
Isaiah 64:7
striving to take hold of You.
For You have hidden Your face from us
and made us melt because of
Jeremiah 5:1
Look and take note;
search in her squares.
If you find one person,
any who acts justly,
who seeks to be faithful,
then I will forgive her.
Matthew 26:40-41
Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter,
Luke 14:21-23
John 1:6
who was sent from God.
Romans 13:11
Besides this, knowing the time, it is already the hour
1 Corinthians 15:34
Come to your senses
Ephesians 5:14
for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said:
and the Messiah will shine on you.