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So I looked for him but did not find him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/songs/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So I said to myself, “I will get up and roam the city, searching in all its streets and squares. I will search for the one I love.” So I searched everywhere but did not find him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/songs/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but found him not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/songs/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/songs/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/songs/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“I will rise now,” <i>I said,</i> “And go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I will seek the one I love.” I sought him, but I did not find him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/songs/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘I must arise now and go around in the city; In the streets and in the public squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.’ I sought him but did not find him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/songs/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.&#8217 I sought him but did not find him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/songs/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.’ I sought him but did not find him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/songs/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />‘I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.’ I sought him but did not find him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/songs/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“<i>I said</i> ‘So I must arise now and go out into the city; Into the streets and into the squares [places I do not know] I must seek him whom my soul loves.’ I sought him but I did not find him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/songs/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and the plazas. I will seek the one I love. I sought him, but did not find him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/songs/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and the plazas. I will seek the one I love. I sought him, but did not find him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/songs/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/songs/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So I searched through the town for the one I love. I looked on every street, but he wasn't there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/songs/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/songs/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will get up now and roam around the city, in the streets, and in the squares. I will look for the one I love. I looked for him but did not find him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/songs/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I went wandering through the city, through its streets and alleys. I looked for the one I love. I looked, but couldn't find him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/songs/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll get up and go all around the city, throughout the streets, and in the squares. I'll seek the one I love. I sought him, but didn't find him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/songs/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/songs/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"I will arise and look all around throughout the town, and throughout the streets and squares; I will search for my beloved." I searched for him but I did not find him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/songs/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/songs/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/songs/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/songs/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Now let me rise, and go around the city, "" In the streets and in the broad places, "" I seek him whom my soul has loved! I sought him, and I did not find him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/songs/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> -- Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! -- I sought him, and I found him not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/songs/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I will arise now, and I will go round about in the city; in the streets, and in the broad places I will seek him whom my soul loved. I sought him, and I found him not.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/songs/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I will rise, and will go about the city: in the streets and the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and I found him not. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/songs/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><font color=#0000CC>I will rise up, and I will circle through the city. Through the side streets and thoroughfares, I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.</font><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/songs/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“Let me rise then and go about the city, through the streets and squares; Let me seek him whom my soul loves.” I sought him but I did not find him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/songs/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves.” I sought him, but found him not.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/songs/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I will rise now and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loves; I sought him but I found him not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/songs/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I shall arise now and I shall go around in the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I shall seek him whom my soul has loved. I sought him and I did not find him<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/songs/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/songs/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I will rise now, and go about in the city, in the market-places, and in the streets, and I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/songs/3-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9D_QEk8ZdxU?start=343" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/songs/3.htm">The Bride's Dream</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: ’ā·qū·māh (V-Qal-Imperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">I will arise</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. ">now</a> <a href="/hebrew/5437.htm" title="5437: wa·’ă·sō·wḇ·ḇāh (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs) -- A primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively.">and go about</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ḇā·‘îr (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">the city,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7784.htm" title="7784: baš·šə·wā·qîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- A street. From shuwq; a street.">through the streets</a> <a href="/hebrew/7339.htm" title="7339: ū·ḇā·rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- A broad open place, plaza. Or rchowb; from rachab; a width, i.e. avenue or area.">and squares.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1245.htm" title="1245: ’ă·ḇaq·šāh (V-Piel-Imperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To seek. A primitive root; to search out; by implication, to strive after.">I will seek</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">the one</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: še·’ā·hă·ḇāh (Pro-r:: V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">love.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1245.htm" title="1245: biq·qaš·tîw (V-Piel-Perf-1cs:: 3ms) -- To seek. A primitive root; to search out; by implication, to strive after.">So I sought him</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">but did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: mə·ṣā·ṯîw (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 3ms) -- To attain to, find. ">find him.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/8-17.htm">Proverbs 8:17</a></span><br />I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7-8</a></span><br />Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-13.htm">Jeremiah 29:13</a></span><br />You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-9.htm">Luke 11:9-10</a></span><br />So 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. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6</a></span><br />Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/28-5.htm">Matthew 28:5-6</a></span><br />But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. / He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/20-13.htm">John 20:13-15</a></span><br />“Woman, why are you weeping?” they asked. “Because they have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I do not know where they have put Him.” / When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. But she did not recognize that it was Jesus. / “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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1</a></span><br />A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-18.htm">John 14:18</a></span><br />I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/28-9.htm">Matthew 28:9</a></span><br />Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-1.htm">Psalm 42:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. / My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-38.htm">John 1:38-39</a></span><br />Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?” / “Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-6.htm">Hosea 5:6</a></span><br />They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/20-1.htm">John 20:1-2</a></span><br />Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. / So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/27-8.htm">Psalm 27:8</a></span><br />My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not.</p><p class="hdg">will rise</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/songs/5-5.htm">Song of Solomon 5:5</a></b></br> I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped <i>with</i> myrrh, and my fingers <i>with</i> sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/64-7.htm">Isaiah 64:7</a></b></br> And <i>there is</i> none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/1-6.htm">John 1:6</a></b></br> There was a man sent from God, whose name <i>was</i> John.</p><p class="hdg">the streets</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-20.htm">Proverbs 1:20,21</a></b></br> Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/8-2.htm">Proverbs 8:2,3,34</a></b></br> She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/14-21.htm">Luke 14:21-23</a></b></br> So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind… </p><p class="hdg">i sought</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Psalm 22:1,2</a></b></br> To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? <i>why art thou so</i> far from helping me, <i>and from</i> the words of my roaring? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/42-7.htm">Psalm 42:7-9</a></b></br> Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/43-2.htm">Psalm 43:2-5</a></b></br> For thou <i>art</i> the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/songs/2-13.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-13.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-12.htm">Broadways</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-15.htm">City</a> <a href="/songs/3-1.htm">Find</a> <a href="/songs/3-1.htm">Found</a> <a href="/songs/3-1.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/songs/3-1.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/songs/3-1.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/songs/2-14.htm">Places</a> <a href="/songs/2-13.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/songs/2-6.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-10.htm">Search</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-17.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/songs/3-1.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/songs/3-1.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-12.htm">Squares</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-9.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-24.htm">Wide</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-3.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-3.htm">Broadways</a> <a href="/songs/3-3.htm">City</a> <a href="/songs/5-6.htm">Find</a> <a href="/songs/3-3.htm">Found</a> <a href="/songs/3-3.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/songs/3-3.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/songs/3-3.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/songs/3-6.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-5.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/songs/3-3.htm">Round</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-16.htm">Search</a> <a href="/songs/6-1.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/songs/5-6.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/songs/3-3.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-3.htm">Squares</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-22.htm">Wide</a><div class="vheading2">Song of Solomon 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/songs/3-1.htm">the church's fight and victory in temptation</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/songs/3-6.htm">The church glories in Christ</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/songs/3.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>I will arise now</b><br />The phrase "I will arise now" signifies a decisive moment of action and determination. In the Hebrew context, the word "arise" (קוּם, qum) often implies a sense of standing up with purpose or resolve. This reflects the bride's urgent longing and readiness to seek out her beloved. Spiritually, this can be seen as a call to believers to actively pursue a deeper relationship with Christ, not remaining passive but taking intentional steps towards spiritual growth and intimacy with the Savior.<p><b>and go about the city</b><br />The "city" in ancient Israelite culture was a place of community, commerce, and interaction. It represents the world around us, filled with distractions and challenges. The bride's willingness to venture into the city underscores her deep commitment and love, willing to face the chaos and noise of the world to find her beloved. For Christians, this can symbolize the journey of faith, navigating through life's complexities while seeking Christ amidst the world's distractions.<p><b>through its streets and squares</b><br />"Streets and squares" denote the public and open areas of the city, places where people gather and life unfolds. In the Hebrew tradition, these areas were central to community life. The bride's search in these places suggests a thorough and earnest quest, leaving no stone unturned. This can inspire believers to seek Christ in every aspect of life, both in private devotion and public witness, ensuring that their pursuit of Him is comprehensive and wholehearted.<p><b>I will search for the one my soul loves</b><br />The phrase "the one my soul loves" is deeply intimate, reflecting a profound and personal connection. The Hebrew word for "soul" (נֶפֶשׁ, nephesh) encompasses the entirety of one's being, indicating that this love is not superficial but deeply rooted in the core of her identity. This mirrors the believer's relationship with Christ, where love for the Savior is not just an emotional experience but a foundational aspect of one's existence, driving the pursuit of His presence and fellowship.<p><b>So I sought him but did not find him</b><br />The bride's experience of seeking but not finding her beloved introduces a moment of tension and longing. This can reflect the spiritual reality where believers sometimes feel distant from God, despite their earnest seeking. Historically, this resonates with the "dark night of the soul" experienced by many saints, a period of spiritual dryness or absence. Yet, this absence is not a sign of abandonment but an invitation to deeper faith and trust, encouraging believers to persist in their pursuit, knowing that God is faithful and will ultimately reveal Himself in His perfect timing.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/songs/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">(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.</span> Delitzsch renders, "So I will arise, then." The words of the maiden are quite inconsistent with the hypothesis of a shepherd lover, for in that case she would seek him, not in the streets, but outside the city. Some think the city referred to is Jerusalem, with its markets and streets - the royal city (cf. <a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm">Proverbs 7:11</a>). If it is a dream, it will be unnecessary to decide to what city the words refer. The idea of the speaker would seem to be either that she was at the time within the walls of the city referred to, or that she was in some dwelling near. But a dream is not always consistent with the real circumstances of the dreamer. Taking it as a reminiscence of first love, it seems better to understand the city as only imaginary, or some neighbouring town in the north. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/songs/3-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I will arise</span><br /><span class="heb">אָק֨וּמָה</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·qū·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">now</span><br /><span class="heb">נָּ֜א</span> <span class="translit">(nā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4994.htm">Strong's 4994: </a> </span><span class="str2">I pray', 'now', 'then'</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and go about</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲסוֹבְבָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·sō·wḇ·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5437.htm">Strong's 5437: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn about, go around, surround</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the city,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָעִ֗יר</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">through the streets</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשְּׁוָקִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(baš·šə·wā·qîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7784.htm">Strong's 7784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A street</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and squares.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָ֣רְחֹב֔וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7339.htm">Strong's 7339: </a> </span><span class="str2">A broad open place, plaza</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will seek</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבַקְשָׁ֕ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇaq·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1245.htm">Strong's 1245: </a> </span><span class="str2">To search out, to strive after</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the one</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(’êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשִׁ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">love.</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(še·’ā·hă·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have affection f</span><br /><br /><span class="word">So I sought him</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(biq·qaš·tîw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1245.htm">Strong's 1245: </a> </span><span class="str2">To search out, to strive after</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but did not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">find him.</span><br /><span class="heb">מְצָאתִֽיו׃</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ṣā·ṯîw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/songs/3-2.htm">Song of Solomon 3:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/songs/3-2.htm">Song of Solomon 3:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/songs/3-2.htm">Song of Solomon 3:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/songs/3-2.htm">Song of Solomon 3:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/songs/3-2.htm">Song of Solomon 3:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/songs/3-2.htm">Song of Solomon 3:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/songs/3-2.htm">Song of Solomon 3:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/songs/3-2.htm">Song of Solomon 3:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/songs/3-2.htm">Song of Solomon 3:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/songs/3-2.htm">Song of Solomon 3:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/songs/3-2.htm">OT Poetry: Song of Solomon 3:2 I will get up now and go (Song Songs SS So Can)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/songs/3-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Song of Solomon 3:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 3:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/songs/3-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Song of Solomon 3:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 3:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>