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Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

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ASV

I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

KJV

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
פָּתַ֤חְתִּֽיpa.Tach.tiI openedH6605 →
אֲנִי֙'a.NiIH589 →
לְדוֹדִ֔יle.do.Dito lover myH1730 →
וְדוֹדִ֖יve.do.Diand lover myH1730 →
חָמַ֣קcha.Makhe had turned awayH2559 →
עָבָ֑ר'a.Varhe had passed awayH5674 →
נַפְשִׁי֙naf.Shibeing myH5315 →
יָֽצְאָ֣הya.tze.'Ahit went outH3318 →
בְדַבְּר֔וֹve.da.be.Rowhen turned aside heH1696 →
בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֙יהוּ֙bi.kash.Ti.huI sought himH1245 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
מְצָאתִ֔יהוּme.tza.Ti.huI found himH4672 →
קְרָאתִ֖יוke.ra.TivI called himH7121 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
עָנָֽנִי׃'a.Na.nihe answered meH6030 →

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Luke 11:9So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.Song of Solomon 3:1On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.Song of Solomon 5:2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”Hosea 5:15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.John 12:8The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”Song of Solomon 6:1Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.Psalms 88:9–14My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.Isaiah 58:2For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”2 Samuel 16:10But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”Isaiah 12:1In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.Mark 14:72And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.Matthew 15:22–28And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.Psalms 77:3I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. SelahIsaiah 54:6–8For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.Zechariah 7:13And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.

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The Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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