Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my tunic, oh how shall I put it on? I have bathed my feet, oh how shall I soil them?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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[SHE] I, was sleeping, but, my heart, was awake,—The voice of my beloved—knocking! Open to me, my sister, my fair one, my dove, my perfect one, for, my head, is filled with dew, my locks, with the moisture of the night.

4My beloved, thrust in his hand, at the window, and, my feelings, were deeply moved for him:

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:28Do not say to thy neighbour, Go and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.

Proverbs 22:13Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.

Matthew 26:38Then, saith he unto them: Encompassed with grief, is my soul, unto death: Abide ye here, and be watching with me.

Romans 7:22I have, in fact, a sympathetic pleasure in the law of God; according to the inner 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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