You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
- BSB You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
- NKJV You are all fair, my love, And there is no spot in you.
- NASB ¶“You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish on you.
- NLT You are altogether beautiful, my darling, beautiful in every way.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Song 1:15Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves.
- Song 4:1Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.
- Eph 5:25–27Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
- Col 1:22yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,
- Jude 1:24Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
- Ps 45:11So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.
- Ps 45:13The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
- 2 Pet 3:14Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.
- Num 24:5How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your tents, Israel!
- Song 5:16His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
- Rev 21:2I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
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