Song of Solomon 3:2

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“I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.”

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BSBPD

“I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I said, 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“--Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! --I sought him, and I found him not.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Song of Solomon 3:2 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
  2. Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
  3. Psalms 43:2For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
  4. Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
  5. Proverbs 1:20Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
  6. Proverbs 8:2On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
  7. Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
  8. Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
  9. Song of Solomon 5:5I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
  10. Isaiah 64:7No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
  11. Jeremiah 5:1“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
  12. Matthew 26:40Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.
  13. Luke 14:21The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
  14. John 1:6There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
  15. Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
  16. 1 Corinthians 15:34Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
  17. Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

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