Song of Solomon 3:2
I will arise now [[said I]], and go about the city; In the streets and the broad ways will I seek him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but found him not.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1[[M.]] Upon my bed, in the night, I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but found him not.
3The watchmen who go about the city found me; “Have you seen [[said I]] him whom my soul loveth?”
Cross References
Psalms 22:1“For the leader of the music. To the tune of “The hind of the morning.” A psalm of David.” My God, my God! why hast thou forsaken me? Why so far from mine aid, and from the words of my cry?
Psalms 43:2Thou art the God of my refuge: why dost thou cast me off? Why go I mourning on account of the oppression of the enemy?
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom crieth out in the highway; In the market-place she uttereth her voice;
Proverbs 8:34Happy the man who hearkeneth to me, Who watcheth day by day at my gates, Who waiteth at the posts of my doors;
Song of Solomon 5:5I rose up to open to my beloved, And my hands dropped with myrrh, And my fingers with self-flowing myrrh, upon the handles of the bolt.
Jeremiah 5:1Run ye through the streets of Jerusalem, [[saith Jehovah,]] And see now, and know, and seek in her broad places If ye can find a single man, If there be one that doeth justice, That seeketh uprightness, And I will forgive her.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 3:2-6
The Love of the Church to Christ. 1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him… Read the whole commentary →