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 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.

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 to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give; 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 saith he to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even to death: tarry ye 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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