Song of Solomon 3:4

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.”

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BSBPD

“I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“It was but a little that I passed from them, When 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“But a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother--And the chamber of her that conceived me.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Song of Solomon 3:4 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 32:26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
  2. Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
  3. Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
  4. 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?
  5. Song of Solomon 6:12Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.
  6. Song of Solomon 7:5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.
  7. Song of Solomon 8:2I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
  8. Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
  9. Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
  10. Isaiah 54:1“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
  11. Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
  12. Jeremiah 29:13You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
  13. Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
  14. Hosea 12:3In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
  15. Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
  16. Matthew 28:9Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.
  17. John 20:16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
  18. Galatians 4:26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
  19. Revelation 3:11I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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