Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.
- 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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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
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- Song 1:15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
- Song 4:1Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
- Eph 5:25–27Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
- Col 1:22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
- Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
- Ps 45:11So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
- Ps 45:13The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
- 2 Pet 3:14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
- Num 24:5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
- Song 5:16His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- Rev 21:2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, 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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