Song of Solomon 3:4 (KJV)

Song of Solomon 3:4 · King James 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.

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Song of Solomon 3:4 in the King James Version reads: “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.”. Read it in the full context of Song of Solomon 3, or compare how other translations render it below.

Song of Solomon 3:4 in the Original Hebrew

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It was but a little מְעַט mᵉʻaṭ H4592 that I passed שֶׁל shel H7945 from מִן min H4480 them, but עַד ʻad H5704 I found שֶׁל shel H7945 · אֵת ʼêth H853 him whom my soul נֶפֶשׁ nephesh H5315 loveth: שֶׁל shel H7945 I held אָחַז ʼâchaz H270 him, and would not לֹא lôʼ H3808 let him go, רָפָה râphâh H7503 until עַד ʻad H5704 I had brought שֶׁל shel H7945 him into אֵל ʼêl H413 my mother' אֵם ʼêm H517 s house, בַּיִת bayith H1004 and into אֵל ʼêl H413 the chamber חֶדֶר cheder H2315 of her that conceived הָרָה hârâh H2029 me.

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Song of Solomon 3:4 in Other Translations

KJV	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.
WEB	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.
ASV	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.
YLT	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.
WBT	[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.
DBY	— Scarcely had 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.

Cross References for Song of Solomon 3:4

Proverbs 8:17 Proverbs 4:13 Matthew 7:7 Song of Solomon 6:12 Song of Solomon 8:2 Isaiah 45:19 Lamentations 3:25 Isaiah 55:6–7 Jeremiah 29:13 Song of Solomon 7:5 Isaiah 54:1–3 John 20:16–17 Revelation 3:11–12 Isaiah 49:14–18 Galatians 4:26 Hosea 12:3–4

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Questions about Song of Solomon 3:4

What does Song of Solomon 3:4 say?

Song of Solomon 3:4 in the King James Version reads: “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.” Read it in the full context of Song of Solomon 3, alongside the classic commentary on this page.

Where is Song of Solomon 3:4 found in the Bible?

Song of Solomon 3:4 is in the book of Song of Solomon, chapter 3, verse 4, in the Old Testament.

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