Song of Solomon 5:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ I had put off my garment; how could I put it on again? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ I have put off my coat; How shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; How shall I defile them?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ [But weary from a day in the vineyards, I had already sought my rest] I had put off my garment–how could I [again] put it on? I had washed my feet–how could I [again] soil them? [Isa. 32:9; Heb. 3:15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

Common English Bible

³ “I have taken off my tunic— why should I put it on again? I have bathed my feet— why should I get them dirty?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Bride: I sleep, yet my heart watches. The voice of my beloved knocking:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ I have put off my garment, how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?

Song of Solomon 5:3 Cross References

Genesis 19:2

He said, “Please, my lords, turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet; then you can rise early and go on your way.” They said, “No; we will spend the night in the square.”

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”

Proverbs 3:28

Do not say to your neighbor, “Go and come again; tomorrow I will give it,” when you have it with you.

Matthew 25:5

As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept.

Luke 11:7

And he answers from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’