Song of Songs 5:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

I opened to my beloved, But my beloved withdrew -- he passed on, My soul went forth when he spake, I sought him, and found him not. I called him, and he answered me not.

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  • Song 5:2 : 2 I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! `Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled `with' dew, My locks `with' drops of the night.'
  • Song 5:4 : 4 My beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him.
  • Song 6:1 : 1 Whither hath thy beloved gone, O fair among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned, And we seek him with thee?
  • Isa 8:17 : 17 And I have waited for Jehovah, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, And I have looked for Him.
  • Isa 12:1 : 1 And thou hast said in that day: `I thank thee, O Jehovah, Though Thou hast been angry with me, Turn back doth Thine anger, And Thou dost comfort me.
  • Isa 50:2 : 2 Wherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst.
  • Isa 54:6-8 : 6 For, as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Called thee hath Jehovah, Even a youthful wife when she is refused, said thy God. 7 In a small moment I have forsaken thee, And in great mercies I do gather thee, 8 In overflowing wrath I hid my face `for' a moment from thee, And in kindness age-during I have loved thee, Said thy Redeemer -- Jehovah!
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.
  • Isa 58:2 : 2 Seeing -- Me day by day they seek, And the knowledge of My ways they desire, As a nation that righteousness hath done, And the judgment of its God hath not forsaken, They ask of me judgments of righteousness, The drawing near of God they desire:
  • Lam 3:8 : 8 Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.
  • Hos 5:6 : 6 With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.
  • Hos 5:15 : 15 I go -- I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'
  • Zech 7:13 : 13 And it cometh to pass, as He called, And they have not hearkened, So do they call, and I do not hearken, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
  • Matt 15:22-28 : 22 and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, `Deal kindly with me, Sir -- Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.' 23 And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying -- `Let her away, because she crieth after us;' 24 and he answering said, `I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.' 25 And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, `Sir, help me;' 26 and he answering said, `It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.' 27 And she said, `Yes, sir, for even the little dogs do eat of the crumbs that are falling from their lords' table;' 28 then answering, Jesus said to her, `O woman, great `is' thy faith, let it be to thee as thou wilt;' and her daughter was healed from that hour.
  • Matt 26:75 : 75 and Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, he having said to him -- `Before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me;' and having gone without, he did weep bitterly.
  • Mark 14:72 : 72 and a second time a cock crew, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him -- `Before a cock crow twice, thou mayest deny me thrice;' and having thought thereon -- he was weeping.
  • Luke 22:61-62 : 61 And the Lord having turned did look on Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him -- `Before a cock shall crow, thou mayest disown me thrice;' 62 and Peter having gone without, wept bitterly.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 `As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;
  • Gen 42:28 : 28 and he saith unto his brethren, `My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:' and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, `What `is' this God hath done to us!'
  • 1 Sam 28:6 : 6 and Saul asketh at Jehovah, and Jehovah hath not answered him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.
  • 2 Sam 16:10 : 10 And the king saith, `What -- to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah? for -- let him revile; even because Jehovah hath said to him, Revile David; and who saith, Wherefore hast Thou done so?'
  • Ps 22:1-2 : 1 To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' -- A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring? 2 My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.
  • Ps 28:1 : 1 By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.
  • Ps 30:7 : 7 O Jehovah, in Thy good pleasure, Thou hast caused strength to remain for my mountain,' Thou hast hidden Thy face -- I have been troubled.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.
  • Ps 77:3 : 3 I remember God, and make a noise, I meditate, and feeble is my spirit. Selah.
  • Ps 80:4 : 4 Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.
  • Ps 88:9-9 : 9 Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands. 10 To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah. 11 Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee. 14 Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
  • Prov 1:28 : 28 Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.
  • Song 3:1-2 : 1 On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not! 2 -- 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Song 6:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1 Whither hath thy beloved gone, O fair among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned, And we seek him with thee?

    2 My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

    3 I `am' my beloved's, and my beloved `is' mine, Who is delighting himself among the lilies.

  • Song 3:1-6
    6 verses
    83%

    1 On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!

    2 -- 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.

    3 The watchmen have found me, (Who are going round about the city), `Him whom my soul have loved saw ye?'

    4 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.

    5 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

    6 Who `is' this coming up from the wilderness, Like palm-trees of smoke, Perfumed `with' myrrh and frankincense, From every powder of the merchant?

  • Song 5:7-9
    3 verses
    83%

    7 The watchmen who go round about the city, Found me, smote me, wounded me, Keepers of the walls lifted up my veil from off me.

    8 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved -- What do ye tell him? that I `am' sick with love!

    9 What `is' thy beloved above `any' beloved, O fair among women? What `is' thy beloved above `any' beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us?

  • Song 5:1-5
    5 verses
    83%

    1 I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!

    2 I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! `Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled `with' dew, My locks `with' drops of the night.'

    3 I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do I defile them?

    4 My beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him.

    5 I rose to open to my beloved, And my hands dropped myrrh, Yea, my fingers flowing myrrh, On the handles of the lock.

  • Song 2:6-10
    5 verses
    79%

    6 His left hand `is' under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

    7 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

    8 The voice of my beloved! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

    9 My beloved `is' like to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Lo, this -- he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from the lattice.

    10 My beloved hath answered and said to me, `Rise up, my friend, my fair one, and come away,

  • Song 7:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

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

    11 Come, my beloved, we go forth to the field,

    12 We lodge in the villages, we go early to the vineyards, We see if the vine hath flourished, The sweet smelling-flower hath opened. The pomegranates have blossomed, There do I give to thee my loves;

  • 7 Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?

  • Song 2:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16 My beloved `is' mine, and I `am' his, Who is delighting among the lilies,

    17 Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, Turn, be like, my beloved, To a roe, or to a young one of the harts, On the mountains of separation!

  • 6 Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, I will get me unto the mountain of myrrh, And unto the hill of frankincense.

  • Song 1:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13 A bundle of myrrh `is' my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth.

    14 A cluster of cypress `is' my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi!

  • 19 I called for my lovers, they -- they have deceived me, My priests and my elders in the city have expired; When they have sought food for themselves, Then they give back their soul.

  • 9 Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

  • 4 Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!

  • 10 My heart `is' panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.

  • 14 My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice `is' sweet, and thy appearance comely.

  • Song 8:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3 His left hand `is' under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

    4 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please!

    5 Who `is' this coming from the wilderness, Hasting herself for her beloved? Under the citron-tree I have waked thee, There did thy mother pledge thee, There she gave a pledge `that' bare thee.

  • 1 Who doth make thee as a brother to me, Sucking the breasts of my mother? I find thee without, I kiss thee, Yea, they do not despise me,

  • 16 To my servant I have called, And he doth not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him.

  • 12 A garden shut up `is' my sister-spouse, A spring shut up -- a fountain sealed.

  • 16 Awake, O north wind, and come, O south, Cause my garden to breathe forth, its spices let flow, Let my beloved come to his garden, And eat its pleasant fruits!

  • 5 Turn round thine eyes from before me, Because they have made me proud. Thy hair `is' as a row of the goats, That have shone from Gilead,

  • 12 I knew not my soul, It made me -- chariots of my people Nadib.

  • 16 His mouth is sweetness -- and all of him desirable, This `is' my beloved, and this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!

  • Song 8:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 The companions are attending to thy voice, Cause me to hear. Flee, my beloved, and be like to a roe,

    14 Or to a young one of the harts on mountains of spices!

  • 10 `Who `is' this that is looking forth as morning, Fair as the moon -- clear as the sun, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts?'

  • 15 Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.