Song Of Solomon 3:4 in Other Translations
King James Version (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.
American Standard Version (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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.
Darby English Bible (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.
World English Bible (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 chamber of her who conceived me.
Young's Literal Translation (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.
| It was but a little | כִּמְעַט֙ | kimʿaṭ | keem-AT |
| passed I that | שֶׁעָבַ֣רְתִּי | šeʿābartî | sheh-ah-VAHR-tee |
| from them, but | מֵהֶ֔ם | mēhem | may-HEM |
| found I | עַ֣ד | ʿad | ad |
| שֶֽׁמָּצָ֔אתִי | šemmāṣāʾtî | sheh-ma-TSA-tee | |
| soul my whom him | אֵ֥ת | ʾēt | ate |
| loveth: | שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה | šeʾāhăbâ | sheh-ah-huh-VA |
| I held | נַפְשִׁ֑י | napšî | nahf-SHEE |
| not would and him, | אֲחַזְתִּיו֙ | ʾăḥaztîw | uh-hahz-teeoo |
| let him go, | וְלֹ֣א | wĕlōʾ | veh-LOH |
| until | אַרְפֶּ֔נּוּ | ʾarpennû | ar-PEH-noo |
| brought had I | עַד | ʿad | ad |
| him into | שֶׁ֤הֲבֵיאתִיו֙ | šehăbêʾtîw | SHEH-huh-vay-teeoo |
| mother's my | אֶל | ʾel | el |
| house, | בֵּ֣ית | bêt | bate |
| and into | אִמִּ֔י | ʾimmî | ee-MEE |
| chamber the | וְאֶל | wĕʾel | veh-EL |
| of her that conceived | חֶ֖דֶר | ḥeder | HEH-der |
| me. | הוֹרָתִֽי׃ | hôrātî | hoh-ra-TEE |