I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.
Parallel translations
- WEB I am my beloved’s. His desire is toward me.
- BSB I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
- NKJV I am my beloved’s, And his desire is toward me.
- NASB ¶“I am my beloved’s, And his desire is for me.
- NLT I am my lover’s, and he claims me as his own.
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Quick answer
The bride joyfully declares that she belongs to her beloved and that his desire is toward her. Secure, mutual belonging is the crown of their love.
Overview
This is the third and warmest form of the belonging refrain (cf. 2:16; 6:3); now she rejoices not only in mutual possession but in his desire for her. The word 'desire' recalls Genesis 3:16, yet here it appears redeemed turned toward her in love rather than strife. The verse beautifully pictures love restored and secure, a hint of the harmony grace brings.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 45:11So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
- Song 2:16My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
- Song 6:3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
- Gal 2:20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
- Acts 27:23For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
- Job 14:15Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
- Ps 147:11The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
- Song 7:5–6Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
- John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
- 1 Cor 6:19–20What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
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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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