You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
Parallel translations
- WEB You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.
- KJV Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
- 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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Quick answer
He declares his bride wholly beautiful, with no flaw in her. It is a summit of his praise, affirming her complete loveliness.
Overview
"You are all beautiful, my love; there is no spot in you" sums up his delight in her perfection in his eyes. This verse has been treasured as a picture of how the Lord sees His bride, the church, cleansed and presented without spot or blemish through the work of Christ (Eph. 5:27; Col. 1:22).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Song 1:15How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
- Song 4:1How beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
- Eph 5:25–27Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- Col 1:22But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
- Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
- Ps 45:11and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
- Ps 45:13All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.
- 2 Pet 3:14Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.
- Num 24:5How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
- Song 5:16His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- Rev 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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Christ at the center
The poetry of covenant love between bride and bridegroom pictures, at its highest, the love of Christ for his church — the Bridegroom who gave himself for his bride.
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