Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my garment, how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 sleep, and my heart watcheth; the voice of my beloved knocking: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is full of dew, and my locks of the drops of the nights.

4My beloved put his hand through the key hole, and my bowels were moved at his touch.

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:28Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and to morrow I will give to thee: when thou canst give at present.

Proverbs 22:13The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.

Matthew 26:38Then he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death: stay you here, and watch with me.

Romans 7:22For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inward man:

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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