Song of Solomon 5:3
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.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I have taken off my robe— must I put it back on? I have washed my feet— must I soil them again?
- KJV
- I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
- WEB
- I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?
- ASV
- I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
- DARBY
- I have put off my tunic, how should I put it on? I have washed my feet, how should I pollute them?
- BLB
- I have taken off my garment—how do I put it on? I have washed my feet—how do I soil them?
- ÅB
- Jeg sa: Jeg har tatt av meg min kjortel, skulle jeg da ta den på igjen? Jeg har vasket mine føtter, skulle jeg da skitne dem til?
- OTB
- "Jeg har tatt av meg kjortelen, Hvordan kan jeg ta den på igjen? Jeg har vasket mine føtter, Hvordan kan jeg skitne dem til igjen?"
- B1930
- Jeg sa: Jeg har tatt av mig min kjortel, skulde jeg da ta den på igjen? Jeg har tvettet mine føtter, skulde jeg da skitne dem til?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 11:7
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
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For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Read in contextProverbs 22:13
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Read in contextMatthew 26:38–43
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Read in contextProverbs 3:28
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Read in contextMatthew 25:5
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Read in contextProverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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