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Song of Solomon 3:2

I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אָק֨וּמָה'a.Ku.mahI will ariseH6965 →
נָּ֜אna'pleaseH4994 →
וַאֲסוֹבְבָ֣הva.'a.so.Vahand I will go aroundH5437 →
בָעִ֗ירva.'Irin the cityH5892 →
בַּשְּׁוָקִים֙ba.she.va.Kimin the streetsH7784 →
וּבָ֣רְחֹב֔וֹתu.Va.re.cho.Votand in the open placesH7339 →
אֲבַקְשָׁ֕ה'a.vak.ShahI will seekH1245 →
אֵ֥ת'et<obj.>H853 →
שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖הshe.'a.ha.Vahwhom it lovesH157 →
נַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.Shiself myH5315 →
בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יוbi.kash.TivI sought himH1245 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
מְצָאתִֽיו׃me.tza.TivI found himH4672 →

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Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.John 20:15“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.Psalms 63:8My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.Song of Solomon 5:5I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.Psalms 43:2–5For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?John 1:6There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.Psalms 22:1–2My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?Psalms 42:7–9Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.Luke 14:21–23The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’1 Corinthians 15:34Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.Psalms 77:7–10“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?Proverbs 8:2–3On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.Isaiah 64:7No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.Proverbs 1:20–21Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;Jeremiah 5:1“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.Matthew 26:40–41Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.

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