Song of Solomon 3:1
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he listened not to me.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 4:4+ 4:4 Eph 4:26 Be you⌃ angry, and sin not; feel compunction upon your beds for what you⌃ say in your hearts. Pause. 1
Psalms 22:2In a place of green grass, there he has made me dwell: he has nourished me by the water of rest. 1
Psalms 77:2+ 77:2 Matt 13:35 I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter dark sayings which have been from the beginning. 1
Psalms 130:1O Lord, my heart is not exalted, neither have my eyes been haughtily raised: neither have I exercised myself in great matters, nor in things too wonderful for me. 1
Song of Solomon 5:6I opened to my kinsman; my kinsman was gone: my soul failed at his speech: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he answered me not.
Isaiah 26:9which our soul longs for: my spirit seeks you very early in the morning, O God, for your commandments are a light on the earth: learn righteousness, you⌃ that dwell upon the earth.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 3:1
In this chapter, I. The church gives an account of a sore trial wherewith she was exercised through the withdrawing of her beloved from her, the pains she was at before she recovered the comfortable sense of his favour again, and the resolution she took, when she did recover it, not to lose it again, as she had done through her own carelessness, ver. 1-5 . II. The daughters of Jerusalem admire the excellencies of the church, ver. 6 . III. The church admires Jesus Christ under the person of Solomon, his bed, and… Read the whole commentary →