OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 3

Song of Solomon 5:3

World English Bible Updated

I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on?

I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Song of Solomon 5:3 in context

Song of Solomon 5:1–6

1

I have come into 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, friends!

Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.

2

I was asleep, but my heart was awake.

It is the voice of my beloved who knocks:

“Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled;

for my head is filled with dew,

and my hair with the dampness of the night.”

3
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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?

4

My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening.

My heart pounded for him.

5

I rose up to open for my beloved.

My hands dripped with myrrh,

my fingers with liquid myrrh,

on the handles of the lock.

6

I opened to my beloved;

but my beloved left, and had gone away.

My heart went out when he spoke.

I looked for him, but I didn’t find him.

I called him, but he didn’t answer.

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