Song of Solomon 3:2
I will rise therefore nowe, and goe about in the citie, by the streetes and by the open places, and wil seeke him that my soule loueth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
1In my bed by night I sought him that my soule loued: I sought him, but I found him not.
Cross References
Psalms 22:1To him that excelleth upon Aiieleth Hasshahar. A Psalme of Dauid. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so farre from mine health, and from the wordes of my roaring?
Psalms 43:2For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou put me away? why goe I so mourning, when the enemie oppresseth me?
Proverbs 1:20Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.
Proverbs 8:34For he that findeth me, findeth life, and shall obteine fauour of the Lord.
Song of Solomon 5:5I rose vp to open to my welbeloued, and mine hands did drop downe myrrhe, and my fingers pure myrrhe vpon the handels of the barre.
Jeremiah 5:1Run to and from by the streetes of Ierusalem, and beholde nowe, and knowe, and inquire in the open places thereof, if ye can finde a man, or if there be any that executeth iudgement, and seeketh the trueth, and I will spare it.
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 →