Song of Solomon 5:3

“I have taken off my vest [[said I]]; How shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; How shall I soil them?”

Noyes Bible

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

2[[M.]] I slept, but my heart was awake; It was the voice of my beloved, who was knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my love, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is filled with dew, And my locks with the drops of the night.”

4My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, And my heart was moved for him.

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:28Say not to thy neighbor, “Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give to thee,” when thou hast it by thee.

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

Matthew 26:38Then he saith to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.

Romans 7:22For I delight in the Law of God, as 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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