Song of Solomon 5:3
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?In other versions
I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
ASV
I have put off my coat; how may I put it on? My feet are washed; how may I make them unclean?
BBE
-- I have put off my tunic, how should I put it on? I have washed my feet, how should I pollute them? --
DBY
I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?
WEB
I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do I defile them?
YLT
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
ENG
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
WBT
I have taken off my robe— must I put it back on? I have washed my feet— must I soil them again?
BSB
In context
1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: 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; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
2I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
4My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.