Song of Solomon 5:3 · KJV
“I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?”
— Song of Solomon 5:3
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.
My beloved put in his hand by the hole {of the door}, and my bowels were moved for him. {for him: or, (as some read) in me}
Song of Solomon 5 — Context
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. {yea...: or, and be drunken with loves}
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.
3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
4My beloved put in his hand by the hole {of the door}, and my bowels were moved for him. {for him: or, (as some read) in me}
5I 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. {sweet...: Heb. passing, or, running about}
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.
Proverbs 3:28
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and {hath} nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Matthew 26:38-43
And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou {wilt}.
Proverbs 22:13
The slothful {man} saith, {There is} a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Romans 7:22-23
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Matthew 25:5
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
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