Top Verses from Song of Solomon 3  

Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves. I held him and would not let him go till I had brought him to my mother's house, to the room of the one who conceived me. (NIV)

I had gone but a little way past 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, and into the chamber of her who conceived me. [Rom. 8:35; I Pet. 2:25.] (AMP)

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)

Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. (NIV)

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field that you stir not up nor awaken love until it pleases. (AMP)

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. (KJV)

Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense made from all the spices of the merchant? (NIV)

Who or what is this [she asked] that comes gliding out of the wilderness like stately pillars of smoke perfumed with myrrh, frankincense, and all the fragrant powders of the merchant? (AMP)

Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? (KJV)

Look! It is Solomon's carriage, escorted by sixty warriors, the noblest of Israel (NIV)

[Someone answered] Behold, it is the traveling litter (the bridal car) of Solomon. Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel. (AMP)

Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. (KJV)

All of them wearing the sword, all experienced in battle, each with his sword at his side, prepared for the terrors of the night. (NIV)

They all handle the sword and are expert in war; every man has his sword upon his thigh, that fear be not excited in the night. (AMP)

They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. (KJV)

All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him. (NIV)

IN THE night I dreamed that I sought the one whom I love. [She said] I looked for him but could not find him. [Isa. 26:9.] (AMP)

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. (KJV)

King Solomon made for himself the carriage; he made it of wood from Lebanon. (NIV)

King Solomon made himself a car or a palanquin from the [cedar] wood of Lebanon. (AMP)

King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. (KJV)

Come out, and look, you daughters of Zion. Look on King Solomon wearing a crown, the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced. (NIV)

Go forth, O you daughters of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon wearing the crown with which his mother [Bathsheba] crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of his gladness of heart. (AMP)

Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. (KJV)

Its posts he made of silver, its base of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple, its interior inlaid with love. Daughters of Jerusalem (NIV)

He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple, the inside of it lovingly and intricately wrought in needlework by the daughters of Jerusalem. (AMP)

He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. (KJV)

The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. "Have you seen the one my heart loves?" (NIV)

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

The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? (KJV)