“By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Song of Solomon 3 contains 11 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.