Song of Songs 3:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loves: 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 who conceived me.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room of the one who conceived me.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    So whan I was a litle past them, I foude him whom my soule loueth. I haue gotten holde vpon him, and wyl not let him go, vntill I brynge him into my mothers house, and in to hir chambre that bare me.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    When I had past a litle from them, then I found him whom my soule loued: I tooke holde on him and left him not, till I had brought him vnto my mothers house into the chamber of her that conceiued me.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    So when I was a litle past them, I founde him whom my soule loueth: I haue gotten holde vpon hym, and wyll not let him go, vntyll I bryng him into my mothers house, and into her chaumber that bare me.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    [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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I had scarcely passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, Into the chamber of her who conceived me.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the room of her who conceived me.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Scarcely had I passed them by when I found my beloved! I held onto him tightly and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother’s house, to the bedroom chamber of the one who conceived me.

Referenced Verses

  • Song 8:2 : 2 I would lead you and bring you into my mother's house, who would teach me: I would cause you to drink of spiced wine from the juice of my pomegranate.
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Take firm hold of instruction; do not let her go: keep her; for she is your life.
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I love those who love me; and those who seek me early shall find me.
  • Song 6:12 : 12 Before I was aware, my soul set me among the chariots of Amminadib.
  • Song 7:5 : 5 Your head crowns you like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple; the king is held captive by your locks.
  • Gen 32:26 : 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. But he said, I will not let you go, unless you bless me.
  • Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek Me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
  • Isa 49:14-18 : 14 But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you. 16 Behold, I have engraved you upon the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. 17 Your children shall make haste; your destroyers and those who made you waste shall go forth from you. 18 Lift up your eyes around, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live, says the LORD, you shall surely clothe yourself with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on you, as a bride does.
  • Isa 54:1-3 : 1 Sing, O barren, you who did not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says the LORD. 2 Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations: do not spare, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes; 3 For you shall break forth on the right hand and on the left; and your descendants shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Jer 29:13 : 13 And you will seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
  • Lam 3:25 : 25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
  • Hos 12:3-4 : 3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: 4 Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept and made supplication to him; he found him in Bethel, and there He spoke with us;
  • Matt 7:7 : 7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
  • Matt 28:9 : 9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, Rejoice! And they came and held him by the feet, and worshiped him.
  • John 20:16-17 : 16 Jesus said to her, Mary. She turned and said to him, Rabboni; which means, Teacher. 17 Jesus said to her, Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.
  • Gal 4:26 : 26 But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
  • Rev 3:11-12 : 11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, that no man takes your crown. 12 He who overcomes, I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Song 3:1-3
    3 verses
    89%

    1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him.

    2I 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 did not find him.

    3The watchmen who go about the city found me: to whom I said, Have you seen him whom my soul loves?

  • Song 5:4-9
    6 verses
    81%

    4My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my heart was moved for him.

    5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet-smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

    6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul failed when he spoke: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

    7The watchmen that went about the city found me, they struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

    8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am lovesick.

    9What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you so charge us?

  • Song 8:1-5
    5 verses
    79%

    1Oh, that you were like my brother, who nursed at my mother's breasts! When I find you outside, I would kiss you, and I would not be despised.

    2I would lead you and bring you into my mother's house, who would teach me: I would cause you to drink of spiced wine from the juice of my pomegranate.

    3His left hand would be under my head, and his right hand would embrace me.

    4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken my love until he pleases.

    5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised you up under the apple tree; there your mother brought you forth; there she gave birth to you.

  • Song 3:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, that you do not stir up nor awaken my love until he pleases.

    6Who is this coming out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?

  • Song 1:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon. Why should I be like one who turns aside by the flocks of your companions?

    8If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow the trail of the flock, and feed your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.

  • Song 6:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned aside? That we may seek him with you.

    2My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

    3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.

  • Song 2:3-10
    8 verses
    77%

    3As the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

    4He brought me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me was love.

    5Sustain me with raisins, comfort me with apples, for I am sick with love.

    6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

    7I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the does of the field, that you not stir up nor awaken my love until he pleases.

    8The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

    9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.

    10My beloved spoke and said to me, 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.'

  • Song 7:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.

    11Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

    12Let us rise early to the vineyards, let us see if the vine has flourished, if the tender grapes appear, and the pomegranates blossom. There I will give you my love.

  • Song 4:8-10
    3 verses
    76%

    8Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

    9You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.

    10How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the fragrance of your ointments than all spices!

  • Song 4:6
    76%

    6Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

  • Song 1:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.

    14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms in the vineyards of Engedi.

  • Song 1:4
    75%

    4Draw me, we will run after you; the king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine; the upright love you.

  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1I have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.

    2I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

  • Song 2:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16My beloved is mine, and I am his; he feeds among the lilies.

    17Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young deer upon the mountains of Bether.

  • Song 6:12
    74%

    12Before I was aware, my soul set me among the chariots of Amminadib.

  • Prov 4:3
    74%

    3For I was my father's son, tender and dearly loved in the sight of my mother.

  • Song 4:12
    73%

    12A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

  • Song 1:2
    73%

    2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine.

  • Song 5:16
    73%

    16His mouth is most sweet: yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

  • Prov 7:15
    73%

    15So I came out to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.

  • Song 3:11
    72%

    11Go forth, O daughters of Zion, and behold King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his marriage, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.