Song of Solomon 3:4 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.
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
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Parallel Passages
- Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Proverbs 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
- Proverbs 8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
- Song of Solomon 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.
- Genesis 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.
- Song of Solomon 6:12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
- Song of Solomon 7:5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
- Isaiah 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.
- Isaiah 49:14–18 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. …
- Isaiah 54:1–3 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. …
- Isaiah 55:6–7 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: …
- Jeremiah 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
- Lamentations 3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
- Hosea 12:3–4 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: …
- Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
- Matthew 28:9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
- John 20:16–17 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. …
- Galatians 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
- Revelation 3:11–12 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. …
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Hebrew and Strong’s
- but a little כִּמְעַט kimʿaṭ מְעַט Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
- that I passed שֶׁעָבַרְתִּי šeʿābartî עָבַר Relative מֵהֶם mēhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural עַד ʿad Preposition
- from them, but I found שֶׁמָּצָאתִי šemmāṣāʾtî מָצָא Relative
- him whom my soul נַפְשִׁי napšî נֶפֶשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- loveth אֵת ʾēt Object marker שֶׁאָהֲבָה šeʾāhăbâ אָהַב Relative
- I held אֲחַזְתִּיו ʾăḥaztîw אָחַז Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- him, and would not let him go וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and אַרְפֶּנּוּ ʾarpennû רָפָה Verb · hiphil imperfect, first person common singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- until I had brought עַד ʿad Preposition שֶׁהֲבֵיאתִיו šehăbêʾtîw בּוֹא Relative · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- him into my mother's אִמִּי ʾimmî אֵם Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- house אֶל ʾel Preposition בֵּית bêt בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular construct
- and into the chamber וְאֶל wĕʾel Preposition · with and חֶדֶר ḥeder חֶדֶר Noun · masculine singular construct
- of her that conceived הוֹרָתִי hôrātî הָרָה Verb · qal active participle, feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
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