Song of Solomon 3:1
Modern Translations
New International Version
All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him.

New Living Translation
One night as I lay in bed, I yearned for my lover. I yearned for him, but he did not come.

English Standard Version
On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.

Berean Study Bible
On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

New American Standard Bible
“On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.

NASB 1995
"On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.

NASB 1977
“On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.

Amplified Bible
“On my bed night after night [I dreamed that] I sought the one Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.

Christian Standard Bible
In my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

Contemporary English Version
While in bed at night, I reached for the one I love with heart and soul. I looked for him, but he wasn't there.

Good News Translation
Asleep on my bed, night after night I dreamed of the one I love; I was looking for him, but couldn't find him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Night after night on my bed I looked for the one I love. I looked for him but did not find him.

International Standard Version
Night after night on my bed, I sought the one I love; I sought him, but didn't find him.

NET Bible
All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

New King James Version
By night on my bed I sought the one I love; I sought him, but I did not find him.

King James 2000 Bible
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not.

New Heart English Bible
By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.

World English Bible
By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.

American King James Version
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not.

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

A Faithful Version
By night on my bed I sought Him Whom my soul loved; I sought Him, but I did not find Him.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
In my bed by night I sought him that my soule loued: I sought him, but I found him not.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
By night in my bed I sought hym whom my soule loueth: yea diligently sought I him, but I found him not.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
By night in my bedd, I sought him, whom my soule loueth: yee diligently sought I him, but I founde him not.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
On my bed by night, I sought him whom my soul has loved; I sought him, and I did not find him!

Young's Literal Translation
On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!

Smith's Literal Translation
Upon my bed in the night I sought him whom my soul loved: I sought him, and I found him not.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
In my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and found him not.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Bride: On my bed, throughout the night, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
On my bed in the nights I begged him whom my soul has loved; I sought him and I did not find him. I called him and I did not find him

Lamsa Bible
UPON my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him but found him not.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I found him not.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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.
















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