Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile 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 sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, 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.

4My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:28Say not unto your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you.

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

Matthew 26:38Then says he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry all of you here, and watch with me.

Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God 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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