Song of Solomon 3:1-5

The Bride's Dream

1 On my bed 1by night I sought 2him whom my soul loves; 3I sought him, but found him not.
2 I will rise now and go about the city, in 4the streets and in the squares; I will seek 5him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but found him not.
3 6The watchmen found me as they went about in the city. "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"
4 Scarcely had I passed them when I found 7him whom my soul loves. I 8held him, and would not let him go until I had 9brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of 10her who conceived me.
5 11I adjure you, 12O daughters of Jerusalem, 13by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

Cross References 13

  • 1. Isaiah 26:9
  • 2. Song of Songs 1:7
  • 3. Song of Songs 5:6; [John 7:34]
  • 4. Jeremiah 5:1
  • 5. [See ver. 1 above]
  • 6. Song of Songs 5:7
  • 7. [See ver. 1 above]
  • 8. [Job 27:6]
  • 9. Song of Songs 8:2
  • 10. [Hosea 2:5]
  • 11. See Song of Songs 2:7
  • 12. See Song of Songs 1:5
  • 13. See Song of Songs 2:9
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