Song of Solomon 3:1–2
Song of Solomon 3:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)
1 All night long on my bed
I looked for the one my heart loves;
I looked for him but did not find him.
2 I will get up now and go about the city,
through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
So I looked for him but did not find him.
Song of Solomon 3:1–2 — English Standard Version (ESV)
1 On my bed by night
I sought him whom my soul loves;
I sought him, but found him not.
2 I will rise now and go about the city,
in the streets and in the squares;
I will seek him whom my soul loves.
I sought him, but found him not.
Song of Solomon 3:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)
1 One night as I lay in bed, I yearned for my lover.
I yearned for him, but he did not come.
2 So I said to myself, “I will get up and roam the city,
searching in all its streets and squares.
I will search for the one I love.”
So I searched everywhere but did not find him.
Song of Solomon 3:1–2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
1 By night on my bed I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but I did not find him.
2 “I will rise now,” I said,
“And go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I will seek the one I love.”
I sought him, but I did not find him.
Song of Solomon 3:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)
1 At night on my bed,
I looked for the one I love;
I looked for him, but I could not find him.
2 I got up and went around the city,
in the streets and squares,
looking for the one I love.
I looked for him, but I could not find him.
Song of Solomon 3:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)
1 By night on my bed
I sought him whom my soul loveth:
I sought him, but I found him not.
2 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.
Song of Solomon 3:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
1 On my bed, in the nights, 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 broadways Will I seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Song of Solomon 3:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
1 Night after night on my bed
I looked for the one I love.
I looked for him but did not find him.
2 I will get up now and roam around the city,
in the streets, and in the squares.
I will look for the one I love.
I looked for him but did not find him.
Song of Solomon 3:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
1 In my bed at night
I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but did not find him.
2 I will arise now and go about the city,
through the streets and the plazas.
I will seek the one I love.
I sought him, but did not find him.
Song of Solomon 3:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
1 Upon my bed at night
I sought him whom my soul loves;
I sought him, but found him not;
I called him, but he gave no answer.
2 “I will rise now and go about the city,
in the streets and in the squares;
I will seek him whom my soul loves.”
I sought him, but found him not.
Song of Solomon 3:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
1 On my bed in the night,
I sought him whom my heart loves.
I sought him, but I did not find him.
2 Now I will arise, and I will go about in the city,
in the streets and in the squares;
I will seek him whom my heart loves.
I sought him, but I did not find him.
Song of Solomon 3:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
1 “All night long on my bed
I searched for the one my heart loves.
I looked for him but didn’t find him.
2 I will get up. I’ll go around in the city.
I’ll look through all of its streets.
I’ll search for the one my heart loves.
So I looked for him but didn’t find him.
Song of Solomon 3:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
1 “On my bed night after night I sought him
Whom my soul loves;
I sought him but did not find him.
2 ‘I must arise now and go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.