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Song of Solomon 5:3
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I have taken off my clothing.How can I put it back on?I have washed my feet.How can I get them dirty?
I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
I had put off my garment; how could I put it on? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?
"I have taken off my dress, How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet, How can I dirty them again?
I have taken off my garment and don't want to put it on again. I have washed my feet and don't want to get them dirty again.
"I had taken off my dress, How can I put it on again? I had washed my feet, How could I get them dirty again?
I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?
I haue put off my coate, howe shall I put it on? I haue washed my feete, howe shall I defile them?
I have taken off my long‑sleeved garment,How can I put it on again?I have washed my feet,How can I dirty them again?
I have taken off my robe-must I put it back on? I have washed my feet-must I soil them again?
But I had already undressed and bathed my feet. Should I dress again and get my feet dirty?
[She]
I've removed my coat; must I put it back on? I've washed my feet; must I dirty them again?—I have put off my tunic, how should I put it on? I have washed my feet, how should I pollute them?—
"I have taken off my robe. I don't want to put it on again. I have washed my feet. I don't want to get them dirty again."
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
The Woman
I have already undressed; why should I get dressed again? I have washed my feet; why should I get them dirty again?I have taken off my tunic, must I put it on? I have bathed my feet, must I soil them?
I have stripped off My coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed My feet; how shall I soil them?
I haue put off my cote, how ca I do it on agayne? I haue washed my fete, how shal I fyle them agayne?
I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
I have put off my coat; how may I put it on? My feet are washed; how may I make them unclean?
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
I haue put off my coate, how shall I put it on? I haue washed my feete, how shall I defile them?
I haue put of my coate, howe can I do it on agayne? I haue washed my feete, howe shall I fyle them agayne?
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
I have vnclothid me of my coote; hou schal Y be clothid ther ynne? I haue waische my feet; hou schal Y defoule tho?
I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
The Beloved to Her Lover:
"I have already taken off my robe—must I put it on again? I have already washed my feet—must I soil them again?"I have taken off my robe; How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet; How can I defile them?
I have taken off my dress. How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet. Should I get them dirty again?
I had put off my garment; how could I put it on again? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?
I have put off my tunic, oh how shall I put it on? I have bathed my feet, oh how shall I soil them?
I have put off my garment, how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
I had put off my garment, how could I put it on? I had bathed my feet, how could I soil them?
I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do I defile them?
The Woman
"But I'm in my nightgown—do you expect me to get dressed? I'm bathed and in bed—do you want me to get dirty?""I have taken off my dress, How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet, How can I dirty them again?
Contextual Overview
Young Woman
I slept, but my heart was awake, when I heard my lover knocking and calling: "Open to me, my treasure, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night." 3 But I responded, "I have taken off my robe. Should I get dressed again? I have washed my feet. Should I get them soiled?" 4 My lover tried to unlatch the door, and my heart thrilled within me. 5 I jumped up to open the door for my love, and my hands dripped with perfume. My fingers dripped with lovely myrrh as I pulled back the bolt. 6 I opened to my lover, but he was gone! My heart sank. I searched for him but could not find him anywhere. I called to him, but there was no reply. 7 The night watchmen found me as they made their rounds. They beat and bruised me and stripped off my veil, those watchmen on the walls. 8 Make this promise, O women of Jerusalem— If you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
have put: Proverbs 3:28, Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 22:13, Matthew 25:5, Matthew 26:38-43, Luke 11:7, Romans 7:22, Romans 7:23
I have washed: As the Orientals only wear sandals, they are obliged to wash their feet previously to their lying down. Hence a Hindoo, if called from his bed, often makes his excuse that he shall daub his feet.
Reciprocal: Haggai 1:2 - This
Cross-References
Adam had sexual relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth, for she said, "God has granted me another son in place of Abel, whom Cain killed."
He created them male and female, and he blessed them and called them "human."
When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who was just like him—in his very image. He named his son Seth.
Kenan lived 910 years, and then he died.
After the birth of Jared, Mahalalel lived another 830 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Who can bring purity out of an impure person? No one!
How can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone born of a woman be pure?
For I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.
The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.
Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I have put off my coat,.... In order to lie down on her bed at night, and take her ease; meaning her conversation garments, which she had not been careful of to keep, but had betook herself to carnal ease and rest, and was off her watch and guard, Nehemiah 4:23; and being at ease, and free from trouble, affliction, and persecution, was unwilling to arise and go with her beloved, lest she should meet with the same trials and sufferings as before, for the sake of him and his Gospel; which may be greatly the sense of her next words;
how shall I put it on? which suggests an apprehension of difficulty in doing it, it being easier to drop the performance of duty than to take it up again; and shows slothfulness and sluggishness, being loath and not knowing how to bring herself to it; and an aversion of the carnal and fleshly part unto it; yea, as if she thought it was unreasonable in Christ to desire it of her, when it was but her reasonable service; or as if she imagined it was dangerous, and would be detrimental to her rest, and prejudicial to her health;
I have washed my feet; as persons used to do when come off of a journey, and about to go to bed e, being weary; as she was of spiritual exercises, and of the observance of ordinances and duties, and so betook herself to carnal ease, and from which being called argues,
how shall I defile them? by rising out of bed, and treading on the floor, and going to the door to let her beloved in; as if hearkening to the voice of Christ, obeying his commands, and taking every proper step to enjoy communion with him, would be a defiling her; whereas it was the reverse of these that did it: from the whole it appears, that not only these excuses were idle and frivolous, but sinful; she slighted the means Christ made use of to awaken her, by calling and knocking; she sinned against light and knowledge, sleeping on, when she knew it was the voice of her beloved; she acted a disingenuous part in inviting Christ into his garden, and then presently fell asleep; and then endeavoured to shift the blame from herself, as if she was no ways culpable, but what was desired was either difficult, or unreasonable, or unlawful; she appears guilty of great ingratitude, and discovers the height of folly in preferring her present ease to the company of Christ.
e Homer. Odyss. 19. v. 317.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
She makes trivial excuses, as one in a dream.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Song of Solomon 5:3. I have put off my coat — The bride must have been in a dream or in much disorder of mind to have made the frivolous excuses here mentioned. The words relate to the case of a person who had gone to take rest on his bed. As they wore nothing but sandals, they were obliged to wash their feet previously to their lying down. I have washed my feet, taken off my clothes, and am gone to bed: I cannot therefore be disturbed. A Hindoo always washes his feet before he goes to bed. If called from his bed, he often makes this excuse, I shall daub my feet; and the excuse is reasonable, as the floors are of earth; and they do not wear shoes in the house. - WARD.
