Song of Solomon 3:1

New Life Version

"On my bed night after night I looked for him whom my soul loves. I looked for him but did not find him.

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.

Easy-to-Read Version
At night on my bed, I look for the man I love. I looked for him, but I could not find him.

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 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 "On my bed night after night I looked for him whom my soul loves. I looked for him but did not find him. ² ‘I must get up now and go about the city, in the streets and in the open places. I must look for him whom my soul loves.' I looked for him but did not find him. ³ The men who watch over the city found me, and I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?' ⁴ I had just passed 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 gave birth to me." ⁵ "I tell you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the deer of the field, you must not wake up my love until it is pleasing to her." "What is this coming up from the desert like smoke? It has the smell of special perfumes, with all the perfumes of the traders. See, it is the traveling wagon of Solomon. Sixty of the strong men of Israel are around it. All of them use the sword and are very able in war. Each man has his sword at his side, keeping watch against trouble in the night. King Solomon has made for himself a beautiful wagon from the wood of Lebanon. He made its long pieces of silver, its back of gold, and its seat of purple cloth. The inside of it was made beautiful by the daughters of Jerusalem. Go out, O daughters of Zion, and look at King Solomon as he wears the crown his mother put on his head on the day of his wedding, on the day his heart was glad."

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 is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The snake fooled me, and I ate."

Genesis 3:15
And I will make you and the woman hate each other, and your seed and her seed will hate each other. He will crush your head, and you will crush his heel."

Ecclesiastes 4:10
For if one of them falls, the other can help him up. But it is hard for the one who falls when there is no one to lift him up.

Isaiah 27:1
In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan, the large snake-like sea animal, with His sharp and great and powerful sword. He will punish Leviathan the turning snake, and kill the big dragon that lives in the sea.

Matthew 4:3
The devil came tempting Him and said, "If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to be made into bread."

Matthew 4:6
The devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. It is written, ‘He has told His angels to look after You. In their hands they will hold You up. Then Your foot will not hit against a stone.'"

Matthew 4:9
He said to Jesus, "I will give You all these nations if You will get down at my feet and worship me."

Matthew 10:16
"I am sending you out like sheep with wolves all around you. Be wise like snakes and gentle like doves.

2 Corinthians 11:14
It is no surprise! The devil makes himself look like an angel of light.

1 Peter 3:7
In the same way, husbands should understand and respect their wives, because women are weaker than men. Remember, both husband and wife are to share together the gift of life that lasts forever. If this is not done, you will find it hard to pray.

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.