Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my coat; how may I put it on? My feet are washed; how may I make them unclean?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

In Context

2I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.

4My loved one put his hand on the door, and my heart was moved for him.

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:28Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.

Proverbs 22:13The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

Matthew 26:38Then says he to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: keep watch with me here.

Romans 7:22In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 5:3-9

The Love of Christ to the Church; Spiritual Desertion. 2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. 3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? 4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. 5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with… Read the whole commentary →

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