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Song of Solomon 5:3

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I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

Read it in 5 translations

KJV 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?

BSB Berean Standard Bible

I have taken off my robe—must I put it back on? I have washed my feet—must I soil them again?

WEB World English Bible

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

ASV American Standard Version

I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

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

Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 5

1 I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

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] myrrh, and my fingers [with] sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, [and] was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

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