Song of Songs 3:3

Song of Songs 3:3 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

3The watchmen found me

as they made their rounds in the city.

“Have you seen the one my heart loves?”

3“The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,

And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’

3“The watchmen who go around the city found me,

And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’

3I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city:

“Have you seen the one I love?”

3The watchmen that go about the city found me;

To whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

3The watchmen that went about the citie, found mee: to whome I said, Haue you seene him, whome my soule loueth?

3The watchmen who go about the city found me;

“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”

3Those on guard duty found me

as they were walking around in the city.

‘Have you seen the one my heart loves?’ I asked.

3The city guards found me

as they walked in the streets of the city.

I asked them,

‘Have you seen the man that I love?’

3The watchmen have found me || (Who are going around the city), || “Have you seen him whom my soul has loved?”