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World English Bible

Song of Solomon 3 (WEBP)

[1] By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.
[2] I will get up 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 I didn’t find him.
[3] The watchmen who go about the city found me; “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
[4] I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.
[5] I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up nor awaken love, until it so desires.
[6] Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?
[7] Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.
[8] They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.
[9] King Solomon made himself a carriage of the wood of Lebanon.
[10] He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it being paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.
[11] Go out, you daughters of Zion, and see King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Song of Solomon 3 (KJVS)

[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 into my mother’s house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
[5] I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, and by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Till he please.
[6] Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?
[7] Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; Threescore valiant men are about it, Of the valiant of Israel.
[8] They all hold swords, Being expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh Because of fear in the night.
[9] King Solomon made himself a chariot Of the wood of Lebanon.
[10] He made the pillars thereof of silver, The bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, The midst thereof being paved with love, For the daughters of Jerusalem.
[11] Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, And behold king Solomon With the crown wherewith his mother crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.

Song of Solomon 3:9 Or, a bed

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Song of Solomon 3 (BYZ)

[1] Ἐπὶ () κοίτην () μου () ἐν () νυξὶν () ἐζήτησα () ὃν () ἠγάπησεν () ἡ () ψυχή () μου, () ἐζήτησα () αὐτὸν () καὶ () οὐχ () εὗρον () αὐτόν, () ἐκάλεσα () αὐτόν, () καὶ () οὐχ () ὑπήκουσέν () μου. ()
[2] Ἀναστήσομαι () δὴ () καὶ () κυκλώσω () ἐν () τῇ () πόλει () ἐν () ταῖς () ἀγοραῖς () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () πλατείαις () καὶ () ζητήσω () ὃν () ἠγάπησεν () ἡ () ψυχή () μου· () ἐζήτησα () αὐτὸν () καὶ () οὐχ () εὗρον () αὐτόν. ()
[3] Εὕροσάν () με () οἱ () τηροῦντες () οἱ () κυκλοῦντες () ἐν () τῇ () πόλει () Μὴ () ὃν () ἠγάπησεν () ἡ () ψυχή () μου () εἴδετε; ()
[4] Ὡς () μικρὸν ὅτε () παρῆλθον () ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν, () ἕως () οὗ () εὗρον () ὃν () ἠγάπησεν () ἡ () ψυχή () μου· () ἐκράτησα () αὐτὸν () καὶ () οὐκ () ἀφήσω () αὐτόν, () ἕως () οὗ () εἰσήγαγον () αὐτὸν () εἰς () οἶκον () μητρός () μου () καὶ () εἰς () ταμίειον () τῆς () συλλαβούσης () με. ()
[5] Ὥρκισα () ὑμᾶς, () θυγατέρες () Ιερουσαλημ, () ἐν () ταῖς () δυνάμεσιν () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἰσχύσεσιν () τοῦ () ἀγροῦ, () ἐὰν () ἐγείρητε () καὶ () ἐξεγείρητε () τὴν () ἀγάπην, () ἕως () ἂν () θελήσῃ. ()
[6] Τίς () αὕτη () ἡ () ἀναβαίνουσα () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ἐρήμου () ὡς () στελέχη καπνοῦ () τεθυμιαμένη () σμύρναν () καὶ () λίβανον () ἀπὸ () πάντων () κονιορτῶν () μυρεψοῦ;
[7] Ἰδοὺ () ἡ () κλίνη () τοῦ () Σαλωμων, ἑξήκοντα () δυνατοὶ () κύκλῳ () αὐτῆς () ἀπὸ () δυνατῶν () Ισραηλ, ()
[8] πάντες () κατέχοντες () ῥομφαίαν () δεδιδαγμένοι () πόλεμον, () ἀνὴρ () ῥομφαία () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () μηρὸν () αὐτοῦ () ἀπὸ () θάμβους () ἐν () νυξίν. ()
[9] Φορεῖον ἐποίησεν () ἑαυτῷ () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Σαλωμων ἀπὸ () ξύλων () τοῦ () Λιβάνου,
[10] στύλους () αὐτοῦ () ἐποίησεν () ἀργύριον () καὶ () ἀνάκλιτον αὐτοῦ () χρύσεον, () ἐπίβασις αὐτοῦ () πορφυρᾶ, () ἐντὸς () αὐτοῦ () λιθόστρωτον, ἀγάπην () ἀπὸ () θυγατέρων () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[11] Ἐξέλθατε () καὶ () ἴδετε () ἐν () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () Σαλωμων ἐν () τῷ () στεφάνῳ, () ᾧ () ἐστεφάνωσεν () αὐτὸν () ἡ () μήτηρ () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () νυμφεύσεως αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () εὐφροσύνης () καρδίας () αὐτοῦ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.