New Revised Standard Version
Upon my bed at night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.

Contemporary English Version
While in bed at night, I reached for the one I love with heart and soul. I looked for him, but he wasn't there.

New American Bible
On my bed at night I sought him whom my soul loves— I sought him but I did not find him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and found him not.

In my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and found him not.

night

Psalm 4:4 Be ye angry, and sin not: the things you say in your hearts, be sorry for them upon your beds.

Psalm 6:6 I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears.

Psalm 22:2 O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.

Psalm 63:6-8 If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will meditate on thee in the morning: . . .

Psalm 77:2-4 In the days of my trouble I sought God, with my hands lifted up to him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be comforted: . . .

Isaiah 26:9 My soul hath desired thee in the night: yea, and with my spirit within me in the morning early I will watch to thee. When thou shalt do thy judgments on the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn justice.

him whom

Songs 1:7 If thou know not thyself, O fairest among women, go forth, and follow after the steps of the flocks, and feed thy kids beside the tents of the shepherds.

Songs 5:8 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him that I languish with love.

John 21:17 He said to him the third time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he had said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my sheep.

1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now though you see him not, you believe and, believing, shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified;

i sought him

Songs 5:6 I opened the bolt of my door to my beloved: but he had turned aside, and was gone. My soul melted when he spoke: I sought him, and found him not: I called, and he did not answer me.

Job 23:8,9 But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him. . . .

Psalm 130:1,2 A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord: . . .

Isaiah 55:6 Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.

Luke 13:24 Strive to enter by the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter and shall not be able.