Verse List for SNG 3:1

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B I ◄ ↨ Sng 3:1 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=The bride (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) On my bed in the night, I search for the one that my soul loves. ⇔ ≈ I searched for him, but I didn’t find him.

OET-LV on bed _of_my in_nights I _sought DOM the_one_whom _it _loves self _of_my I_sought _him and_not I_found _him.

ULT On my bed in the night ⇔ I sought him whom my soul loves; ⇔ I sought him, but I did not find him.

UST At night while I lay on my bed, ⇔  I searched for the man whom I love. ⇔ I searched for him, ⇔  but could not find him.

BSB & MSB On my bed at night ⇔  I sought the one I love; ⇔ I sought him, ⇔  but did not find him.

OEB No OEB SNG book available

WEBBE & WMBB By night on my bed, ⇔  I sought him whom my soul loves. ⇔  I sought him, but I didn’t find him.

NET All night long on my bed ⇔ I longed for my lover. ⇔ I longed for him but he never appeared.

LSV On my bed by night, I sought him whom my soul has loved; I sought him, and I did not find him!

FBV One night when I was lying in bed, I longed for the one I love. I longed for him, but he was nowhere to be found.

T4T All through the night while I lay on my bed, ⇔  I longed for the one whom I love. ⇔ I desired for him to come, ⇔  but he did not come.

LEB
• On my bed in the night,
• I sought[fn] him whom my heart[fn] loves.
• I sought him, but I did not find him.

BBE 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.

Moff Night after night in be ⇔  I dreamed I sought my beloved, ⇔ and sought him in vain.

JPS By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I found him not.

ASV By night on my bed ⇔ I sought him whom my soul loveth: ⇔ I sought him, but I found him not.

DRA In my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and found him not.

YLT On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!

Drby On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

RV 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 sought him whom my soul loveth/loves: I sought him, but I found him not.)

SLT Upon my bed in the night I sought him whom my soul loved: I sought him, and I found him not.

Wbstr By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

KJB-1769 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 sought him whom my soul loveth/loves: I sought him, but I found him not.)

KJB-1611 ¶ By night on my bed I sought him whome my soule loueth. I sought him, but I found him not.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps By night in my bed I sought hym whom my soule loueth: yea diligently sought I him, but I found him not.
(By night in my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth/loves: yea diligently sought I him, but I found him not.)

Gnva In my bed by night I sought him that my soule loued: I sought him, but I found him not.
(In my bed by night I sought him that my soul loved: I sought him, but I found him not.)

Cvdl By night in my bedd, I sought him, whom my soule loueth: yee diligently sought I him, but I founde him not.
(By night in my bed, I sought him, whom my soul loveth/loves: ye/you_all diligently sought I him, but I found him not.)

Wycl In my litle bed Y souyte hym bi niytis, whom my soule loueth; Y souyte hym, and Y foond not.
(In my little bed I sought him by nights, whom my soul loveth/loves; I sought him, and I found not.)

Luth Ich suchte des Nachts in meinem Bette, den meine SeeLE liebet. Ich suchte, aber ich fand ihn nicht.
(I searched the night in my bed, the my soul love(s). I searched, but I found him/it not.)

ClVg [In lectulo meo, per noctes, quæsivi quem diligit anima mea: quæsivi illum, et non inveni.[fn]
([In bed mine, through at_nights, I_asked which he_loves the_soul my: I_asked him, and not/no I_found.)

UHB עַל־מִשְׁכָּבִ⁠י֙ בַּ⁠לֵּיל֔וֹת בִּקַּ֕שְׁתִּי אֵ֥ת שֶׁ⁠אָהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑⁠י בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖י⁠ו וְ⁠לֹ֥א מְצָאתִֽי⁠ו׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐπὶ κοίτην μου ἐν νυξὶν, ἐζήτησα ὃν ἠγάπησεν ἡ ψυχή μου· ἐζήτησα αὐτὸν, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον αὐτόν· ἐκάλεσα αὐτὸν, καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσέ μου.

BrTr 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.