Song of Solomon 4:7
What does Song of Solomon 4:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Song of Solomon 4:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Song of Solomon 4:7 means
“Thou art all fair… there is no spot in thee” is the groom’s seal upon his praise. He regards his bride as without blemish—complete, lovely, and cherished. This is not a denial of human imperfection but the language of covenant love that delights to cover and affirm. In marriage, love sees the beloved with generous eyes, rejoicing in her wholeness. The statement crowns the earlier images with a simple, sweeping declaration. For Christian readers, the New Testament later uses bridal imagery to speak of Christ’s cleansing love for His church; here, within the Song itself, the emphasis remains on the husband’s wholehearted acceptance and the security it gives the wife.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You are all fair, my love; there is no mark on you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Thou <FI>art<Fi> all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou art all fair, O my love, and there is not a spot in thee.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.
Context
This verse summarizes and heightens the previous descriptions (verses 1–6), converting many metaphors into one unqualified affirmation. It prepares for the invitation of verse 8, where the bride is called to come away. The movement is important: affection leads to assurance, and assurance leads to invitation. The bride, affirmed and honored, is now addressed as “my bride,” and the story shifts from contemplation of beauty to union and shared journey, setting the tone for the next section’s intimate exchanges.
v.6Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.
v.7This passage
v.8Come with me from Lebanon, mybride, With me from Lebanon: Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions’ dens, From the mountains of the leopards.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 24:5
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!
- Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
- Colossians 1:22
yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:
- Song of Solomon 4:1
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.
- Psalms 45:11
So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him.
- 2 Peter 3:14
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
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