Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? 1 I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them? 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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, but my heart is awake: 1 The voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, saying, 1 Open, open to me, my companion, my sister, 1 My dove, my perfect one: 1 For my head is filled with dew, 1 And my locks with the drops of the night. 1

4My kinsman put forth his hand by the hole of the door, 1 And my belly was moved for him. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:28Say not, Come back another time, tomorrow I will give; 1 While thou art able to do him good: 1 For thou knowest not what the next day will bring forth. 1

Proverbs 22:13The sluggard makes excuses, and says, 1 There is a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets. 1

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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