Song of Solomon 5:3

I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on?I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?

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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 was asleep, but my heart was awake.It is the voice of my beloved who knocks:"Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled;for my head is filled with dew,and my hair with the dampness of the night."

4My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening.My heart pounded for him.

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:28Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again;tomorrow I will give it to you,"when you have it by you.

Proverbs 22:13The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!I will be killed in the streets!"

Matthew 26:38Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."

Romans 7:22For I delight in God's law after 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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