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Song of Solomon 3:4

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.

KJV

Paululum cum pertransissem eos, inveni quem diligit anima mea : tenui eum, nec dimittam, donec introducam illum in domum matris meæ, et in cubiculum genetricis meæ.

Vulgate

ὡς μικρὸν ὅτε παρῆλθον ἀπ’ αὐτῶν, ἕως οὗ εὗρον ὃν ἠγάπησεν ἡ ψυχή μου· ἐκράτησα αὐτὸν καὶ οὐκ ἀφῆκα αὐτόν, ἕως οὗ εἰσήγαγον αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκον μητρός μου καὶ εἰς ταμεῖον τῆς συλλαβούσης με.

LXX

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.

ASV

כִּ/מְעַט֙ שֶׁ/עָבַ֣רְתִּי מֵ/הֶ֔ם עַ֣ד שֶֽׁ/מָּצָ֔אתִי אֵ֥ת שֶׁ/אָהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑/י אֲחַזְתִּי/ו֙ וְ/לֹ֣א אַרְפֶּ֔/נּוּ עַד שֶׁ֤/הֲבֵיאתִי/ו֙ אֶל בֵּ֣ית אִמִּ֔/י וְ/אֶל חֶ֖דֶר הוֹרָתִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
חַדְרֵי
chdry
noun · 37×
י
y
noun · 752×
ךָ֖
k
verb · 46×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְעַ֣ט
m't
noun · 101×
נִי
ny
verb · 68×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
תַּ֖הַר
thr
verb · 43×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 5:21 — Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
  • 1Tim 6:12 — Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
  • Gen 32:26 — And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
  • Isa 45:19 — I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
  • Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Jer 29:13 — And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
  • Lam 3:25 — The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
  • Matt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
  • Prov 4:13 — Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
  • Prov 4:13 — Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
  • Prov 8:17 — I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
  • Song 1:4 — Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
  • Song 6:12 — Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
  • Song 8:2 — I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
  • Song 8:2 — I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
  • Song 8:5 — Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.