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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“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)“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“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“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 DomainOther passages that echo Song of Solomon 3:4 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.”
- Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
- Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
- 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?
- Song of Solomon 6:12Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
- 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.
- Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Jeremiah 29:13You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
- Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
- Hosea 12:3In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
- Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Matthew 28:9Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.
- John 20:16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
- Galatians 4:26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
- Revelation 3:11I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
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