Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Song of Solomon 5:3
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I have taken off my robe—must I put it back on? I have washed my feet—must I soil them again?
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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?
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I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
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Song of Solomon 5
1 I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; 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, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
2 I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
3 I have taken off my robe—must I put it back on? I have washed my feet—must I soil them again?
4 My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.
5 I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
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