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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Song of Solomon 3:1

SHEUpon my couch, in the night-time, sought I the beloved of my soul, - I sought him, but found him not.

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

English Revised Version
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I found him not.
The Holy Bible, Berean Study 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.
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.
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In my bed by night I sought him that my soule loued: 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.
English Standard Version
On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.
Hebrew Names Version
By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't 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.
World English Bible
By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn'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.
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.
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 International Version
All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him.
New King James Version
By night on my bed I sought the one I love; I sought him, but I did not find him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In my litle bed Y souyte hym bi niytis, whom my soule loueth; Y souyte hym, and Y foond not.
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.
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.
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.
Christian Standard Bible®
In my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
King James Version (1611)
By night on my bed I sought him whome my soule loueth. I sought him, but I found him not.
King James Version
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I 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!
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.
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 International Version (1984)
All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him.
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 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.
Update Bible Version
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him.
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 SHEUpon my couch, in the night-time, sought I the beloved of my soul, - I sought him, but found him not. 2 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. 3 The watchmen that go round in the city, found me, The beloved of my soul, have ye seen? 4 Scarcely had I passed from them, when I found the beloved of my soul, - I caught him, and would not let him go, until that I had brought him into the house of my mother, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. 5 HEI adjure you ye, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, - That ye wake not, nor arouse, the dear love until she please. ****

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 said Yahweh God to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent, deceived me, so I did eat.
Genesis 3:15
And enmity, will I put between thee, and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed, - He shall crush thy head, but, thou, shalt crush his heel.
Ecclesiastes 4:10
For, if the one should fall, the other would raise up his companion, - but alas! for him who is alone when he falleth, with no second to raise him up!
Isaiah 27:1
In that day, will Yahweh With his sword - the hard and the great and the strong, Bring punishment Upon Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, And upon Leviathan, the crooked serpent, - And will slay the monster which is in the sea.
Matthew 4:3
And, coming near, the tempter said to him, - If thou art God's, Son, speak! that, these stones, may become, loaves.
Matthew 4:6
and saith to him - If thou art God's, Son, cast thyself down, - for it is written, To his messengers, will he give charge concerning thee; and, on hands, will they bear thee up, lest once thou strike, against a stone, thy foot.
Matthew 4:9
and said to him, All these things, will I give thee, - if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Matthew 10:16
Lo! I, send you forth as sheep amidst wolves; become ye therefore - prudent, as serpents, and simple, as doves.
2 Corinthians 11:14
And no marvel! for, Satan himself, doth transfigure himself into a messenger of light!
1 Peter 3:7
Ye husbands, in like manner, dwelling with them according to knowledge, - as unto a weaker vessel, unto the female vessel , assigning honour, as joint - inheritors also of life's favour, - to the end that unhindered may be, 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.


 
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