SNG 3:1 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἐπὶ κοίτην μου ἐν νυξὶν, ἐζήτησα ὃν ἠγάπησεν ἡ ψυχή μου· ἐζήτησα αὐτὸν, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον αὐτόν· ἐκάλεσα αὐτὸν, καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσέ μου.
(Epi koitaʸn mou en nuxin, ezaʸtaʸsa hon aʸgapaʸsen haʸ psuⱪaʸ mou; ezaʸtaʸsa auton, kai ouⱪ heuron auton; ekalesa auton, kai ouⱪ hupaʸkouse mou. )

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.

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 who I love.
⇔ I searched for him,
⇔ but could not find him.

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

OEB Night after night on my bed
⇔ I longed for my lover.
⇔ I longed for him
⇔ but he was nowhere to be found.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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 No LEB SNG 3:1 verse available

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 No Moff SNG book available

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.

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 bedd, 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 souyte him by niytis, whom my soul loveth/loves; I souyte 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 suchte the Nachts in my Bette, the my SeeLE liebet. I suchte, but I fand him/it not.)

ClVg [In lectulo meo, per noctes, quæsivi quem diligit anima mea: quæsivi illum, et non inveni.[fn]
([In lectulo meo, through noctes, quæsivi which diligit anima mea: quæsivi him, and not/no inveni. )

3.1 In lectulo. Orantibus prædicatoribus de Judæa, ecce gentilitas Spiritu divino afflata ad agnitionem suæ salutis advenit, et inventam firmo amore tenet. Unde sequitur: Vox ejus plene intrantis. In lectulo. GREG. Moraliter lectulum sibi sancta anima in nocte facit, dum omnes mundi perturbationes fugiens, secretum, in quo requiescit, comparat. In hoc lecto dilectum quærit: quia dum a sollicitudinibus vacat, in ejus inquisitione quomodo ad illum perveniat requiescit: sed dum in mundo vivit, tenebras mundi a se perfecte non excutit et quanto gravius patitur, eo frequentius quærit, et ferventius eum, quo invento tenebras amplius non patiatur. Sed quia in hoc mundo non invenit, ideo subditur: Quæsivi eum, et non inveni. Quia vero maximo desiderio æstuat, et quidquid tenet, ei non sufficit, donec delictum inveniat: ideo perseverantiam inquisitionis subjungit, Surgam, et circuibo civitatem. In lectulo. Ex quo Adam peccavit, cœpit homo in terrenis quiescere, et tamen duce ratione quasi per somnium veram beatitudinem intelligens, ipsam in terrenis putabat consistere. HIERON. Moraliter. In lectulo anima Deum quærit, quando in suo otio quidem appetit Deum videre, et ad eum de carcere carnis exire desiderat, sed non conceditur: et abscondit se sponsus, ut non inventus, ardentius quæratur. Et non inveni. GREG. Quia mihi gentilitati non angelus, non propheta, non quilibet doctor in dubiis lumen divinæ cognitionis ostendit, ideo non inveni, quod ubi comperi, quod in lecto non posset inveniri, proposui in animo meo de lecto carnalium voluptatum exsurgere, et ad laborem salutiferæ inquisitionis accingi, et terra et mari publice et privatim universorum, quos sapientes audirem, magisteria adire. Vici, sunt spirituales viri, qui dum ad cœlestia gradiuntur, angustam viam tenent. Plateæ, id est, sæculares, qui multas voluptates sequuntur, et alta via incedunt. Omnes ergo circumit, quia omnes sanctos, qui sunt vel fuerunt, mente conspicit et imitatur: etiam in sæcularibus aliquando invenit, quod valeat ad inquisitionem sponsi: sed postquam laborem geminatum inquisitionis ostendit, iterum difficultatem inventionis subdit: Quæsivi, et non inveni: sed dum quærit et non invenit, ipsa et quæritur et invenitur: Unde dicitur: Invenerunt me vigiles. Quæsivi. Plurimo labore mundo peragrato, sapientium verbis discussis, nil certum de via veritatis addiscere potui.

3.1 In lectulo. Orantibus prælet_him_sayoribus about Yudæa, behold gentilitas Spiritu divino afflata to agnitionem suæ salutis advenit, and inventam firmo amore holds. Unde sequitur: The_voice his plene intrantis. In lectulo. GREG. Moraliter lectulum sibi sancta anima in nocte facit, dum everyone mundi perturbationes fugiens, secretum, in quo requiescit, comparat. In this lecto dilectum quærit: because dum from sollicitudinibus vacat, in his inquisitione how to him perveniat requiescit: but dum in mundo vivit, tenebras mundi from se perfecte not/no excutit and quanto gravius patitur, eo frequentius quærit, and ferventius him, quo invento tenebras amplius not/no patiatur. But because in this mundo not/no invenit, ideo subditur: Quæsivi him, and not/no inveni. Because vero maximo desiderio æstuat, and quidquid holds, to_him not/no sufficit, until delictum inveniat: ideo perseverantiam inquisitionis subyungit, Surgam, and circuibo civitatem. In lectulo. From quo Adam peccavit, cœpit human in terrenis quiescere, and tamen duce ratione as_if through somnium veram beatitudinem intelligens, ipsam in terrenis putabat consistere. HIERON. Moraliter. In lectulo anima God quærit, when in his_own otio indeed appetit God videre, and to him about carcere carnis exire desiderat, but not/no conceditur: and abscondit se sponsus, as not/no inventus, ardentius quæratur. And not/no inveni. GREG. Because to_me gentilitati not/no angelus, not/no propheta, not/no quilibet doctor in dubiis lumen divinæ cognitionis ostendit, ideo not/no inveni, that where comperi, that in lecto not/no posset inveniri, proposui in animo mine about lecto carnalium voluptatum exsurgere, and to laborem salutiferæ inquisitionis accingi, and earth/land and of_the_sea publice and privatim universorum, which sapientes audirem, magisteria adire. Vici, are spirituales viri, who dum to cœlestia gradiuntur, angustam road tenent. Plateæ, id it_is, sæculares, who multas voluptates sequuntur, and alta road incedunt. All_of_them therefore circumit, because everyone sanctos, who are or fuerunt, mente conspicit and imitatur: also in sæcularibus aliquando invenit, that valeat to inquisitionem sponsi: but postquam laborem geminatum inquisitionis ostendit, again difficultatem inventionis subdit: Quæsivi, and not/no inveni: but dum quærit and not/no invenit, herself and quæritur and invenitur: Unde it_is_said: Invenerunt me vigiles. Quæsivi. Plurimo labore mundo peragrato, sapientium verbis discussis, nil certum about road veritatis addiscere potui.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

עַל־ מִשְׁכָּבִ⁠י֙ בַּ⁠לֵּיל֔וֹת

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in bed,my in/on/at/with,night

Because Bible scholars do not know if the events described in 3:1-4 describe real events, dreams, or things imagined, you should not expand on or explain the phrase On my bed in the night in the text. However, you may wish to make reference to these possibilities in a header or footnote. See the section “Translation Issues in This Chapter” in the chapter introduction for more information.

Note 2 topic: translate-plural

בַּ⁠לֵּיל֔וֹת

in/on/at/with,night

In the original language, the phrase in the night uses a plural form of night and could mean that the woman: (1) sought the man during the night. Alternate translation: “during the night” (2) sought the man throughout the night. Alternate translation: “throughout the night” or “all night long” (3) sought the man on many nights. Alternate translation: “night after night”

Note 3 topic: writing-poetry

בִּקַּ֕שְׁתִּי אֵ֥ת שֶׁ⁠אָהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑⁠י בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖י⁠ו

sought DOM whom,loves soul,my sought,him

The phrase I sought him is repeated for emphasis. Hebrew poetry often uses repetition for emphasis. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to show the emphasis here. Alternatively, your language may have another way of showing the emphasis. Alternate translation: “I desperately sought him whom my soul loves” or “I earnestly sought him whom my soul loves”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

אֵ֥ת שֶׁ⁠אָהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑⁠י

DOM whom,loves soul,my

See how you translated the similar phrase “you whom my soul loves” in 1:7. Alternate translation: “him whom I love”

Parallel SNG 3:1