Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do I defile them?

Young's Literal Translation

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 am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! 'Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled [with] dew, My locks [with] drops of the night.'

4My beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him.

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:28Say not thou to thy friend, 'Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.

Proverbs 22:13The slothful hath said, 'A lion [is] without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

Matthew 26:38then saith he to them, 'Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul — unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.'

Romans 7:22for I delight in the law of God according 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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