Song of Solomon 5:3 BSB

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have taken off my robe—must I put it back on? I have washed my feet—must I soil them again?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

4 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Concerning Virginity 9:55 (397)

In this night of the world the garment of corporeal life is first to be taken off as the Lord divested himself in his flesh that for you he might triumph over the dominions and powers of this world.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

On Isaac and the Soul 6.50-52 (397)

She is now awakened from sleep by him, although she was keeping watch with her heart so that she might hear his voice at once when he knocked. But while she was rising, she experienced a delay, because she could not match the swiftness of the Word. While she was opening the door, the Word passed by.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

Hudson Taylor

1832–1905

Union and Communion; or, Thoughts on the Song of Solomon (1893)

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
פָּשַׁ֙טְתִּי֙	pa.Sha.ti	I have taken off	H6584 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כֻּתָּנְתִּ֔י	ku.ta.ne.Ti	tunic my	H3801 →
אֵיכָ֖כָה	'ei.Kha.khah	how?	H349 →
אֶלְבָּשֶׁ֑נָּה	'el.ba.She.nah	will I put on it	H3847 →
רָחַ֥צְתִּי	ra.Chatz.ti	I have washed	H7364 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
רַגְלַ֖י	rag.Lai	feet my	H7272 →
אֵיכָ֥כָה	'ei.Kha.khah	how?	H349 →
אֲטַנְּפֵֽם׃	'a.ta.ne.Fem	will I dirty them	H2936 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H349ʾeikhakhahhow?82×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 13:4
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
leads to
- Proverbs 12:24
  The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
- Proverbs 12:11
  The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
- 2 Peter 1:5–11
  For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
- Proverbs 10:4
  Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- Proverbs 2:2–9
  if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
Through
Proverbs 3:28
Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.
leads to
- Leviticus 19:13
  You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
- Deuteronomy 24:12–15
  If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
- 2 Corinthians 8:11
  Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.

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The Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Song of Solomon

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Song of Solomon