Song of Songs 5:3New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “I have taken off my dress, How can I put it on [again]? I have washed my feet, How can I dirty them [again]?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— —I have put off my tunic, how should I put it on? I have washed my feet, how should I pollute them?—
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— I have put off my tunic, oh how shall I put it on? I have bathed my feet, oh how shall I soil them?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do I defile them?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— I have put off my garment, how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— I haue put off my coate, howe shall I put it on? I haue washed my feete, howe shall I defile them?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— I haue put off my coate, how shall I put it on? I haue washed my feete, how shall I defile them?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? |
I have put off
6584 {6584} Primeפָּשַׁטpashat{paw-shat'}
A primitive root; to spread out (that is, deploy in hostile array); by analogy to strip (that is, unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
x853 (0853) Complementאֵת'eth{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
my coat;
3801 {3801} Primeכְּתֹּנֶתk@thoneth{keth-o'-neth}
From an unused root meaning to cover (compare H3802); a shirt.
how
349 {0349} Primeאֵיךְ'eyk{ake}
Prolonged from H0335; how? or how!; also where.
shall I put it on?
3847 {3847} Primeלָבַשׁlabash{law-bash'}
A primitive root; properly wrap around, that is, (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
I have washed
7364 {7364} Primeרָחַץrachats{raw-khats'}
A primitive root; to lave (the whole or a part of the thing).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
x853 (0853) Complementאֵת'eth{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
my feet;
7272 {7272} Primeרֶגֶלregel{reh'-gel}
From H7270; a foot (as used in walking); by implication a step; by euphemism the pudenda.
how
349 {0349} Primeאֵיךְ'eyk{ake}
Prolonged from H0335; how? or how!; also where.
shall I defile
2936 {2936} Primeטָנַףtanaph{taw-naf'}
A primitive root; to soil.
z8762 <8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 2447
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Song of Songs 5:3
_ _ Trivial excuses (Luke 14:18).
_ _ coat — rather, the inmost vest, next the skin, taken off before going to bed.
_ _ washed ... feet — before going to rest, for they had been soiled, from the Eastern custom of wearing sandals, not shoes. Sloth (Luke 11:7) and despondency (Deuteronomy 7:17-19). |
Song of Songs 5:3
My coat — My day clothes, as persons use to do when they go to rest. How — It is inconvenient and troublesome to do it at this time. Washed my feet — Which the eastern people commonly did when they went to bed. |
Song of Songs 5:3
I have put off my (d) coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
(d) The spouse confesses her nakedness, and that of herself she has nothing, or seeing that she is once made clean she promises not to defile herself again. |
- have put:
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.
Proverbs 22:13 The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Matthew 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Matthew 26:38-43 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. ... And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
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.
Romans 7:22-23 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: ... But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
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- I have washed:
- As the Orientals only wear sandals, they are obliged to wash their feet previously to their lying down. Hence a Hindoo, if called from his bed, often makes his excuse that he shall daub his feet.
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