the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Song of Solomon 4:7
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You are absolutely beautiful, my darling;there is no imperfection in you.
You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.
"You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish on you.
My darling, everything about you is beautiful, and there is nothing at all wrong with you.
"O my love, you are altogether beautiful and fair. There is no flaw nor blemish in you!
You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.
Thou art all faire, my loue, and there is no spot in thee.
"You are altogether beautiful, my darling,And there is no blemish in you.
You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
My darling, you are lovely in every way.
Everything about you is beautiful, my love; you are without a flaw.
Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.
My darling, you are beautiful all over. Every part of you is perfect.
You are all beautiful, my love; there is not even a spot in you.
How beautiful you are, my love; how perfect you are!
You are completely beautiful, my beloved! You are flawless!
You are all beautiful, My love. There is no blemish on you.
Thou art all fayre (o my loue) & no spott is there in the.
Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.
You are all fair, my love; there is no mark on you.
Thou art all fair, my love; and there is no spot in thee.
Thou art all faire, my loue, there is no spot in thee.
Thou art all fair, my companion, and there is no spot in thee.
Thou art all fair, my love; and there is no spot in thee.
My frendesse, thou art al faire, and no wem is in thee.
You are all fair, my love; And there is no spot in you.
Thou [art] all fair, my love; [there is] no spot in thee.
You are altogether beautiful, my darling! There is no blemish in you!
You are all fair, my love, And there is no spot in you.
You are altogether beautiful, my darling, beautiful in every way.
"You are all beautiful, my love. You are perfect.
You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.
Thou art, all over, beautiful, my fair one, and, blemish, is there none in thee.
Thou art all fair, O my love, and there is not a spot in thee.
You are all fair, my love; there is no flaw in you.
Thou [art] all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse,
"You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish in you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Song of Solomon 4:1, Song of Solomon 5:16, Numbers 24:5, Psalms 45:11, Psalms 45:13, Ephesians 5:25-27, Colossians 1:22, 2 Peter 3:14, Jude 1:24, Revelation 21:2
Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 1:8 - O thou Song of Solomon 1:9 - O my Song of Solomon 1:15 - thou art fair Song of Solomon 2:10 - Rise Song of Solomon 6:4 - beautiful Song of Solomon 7:6 - General John 13:10 - but Ephesians 5:27 - not 1 Timothy 6:14 - without 2 Peter 2:13 - Spots Revelation 14:5 - without
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But vnto the woman he sayde: I wyll very much multiplie thy sorowe, and thy griefes of chylde bearyng, In sorowe shalt thou bring foorth children: thy desire [shalbe] to thy husbande, and he shall haue the rule of thee.
And the Lorde saide vnto Cain: why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenaunce abated?
And Cain talked with Habel his brother: and it came to passe when they were in the fielde, Cain rose vp agaynst Habel his brother, & slewe him.
And the Lorde said vnto Cain: where is Habel thy brother? Which sayde I wote not: Am I my brothers keper?
And he sayde: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me out of the grounde.
And nowe art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receaue thy brothers blood from thy hande.
If thou tyll the grounde, she shall not yeelde vnto thee her strength. A fugitiue and a vacabound shalt thou be in the earth.
And Cain sayde vnto the Lord: My iniquitie is more then that it may be forgeuen.
And he sayde to hym: See, I haue receaued thy request as concernyng this thing, that I wyll not ouerthrowe this citie for the whiche thou hast spoken.
But and if ye wyll not do so, beholde, ye haue sinned agaynst the Lorde: and be sure your sinne wyll finde you out.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou art all fair, my love,.... Being justified by the righteousness of Christ, washed in his blood, and sanctified by his Spirit; of the title, my "love", see Song of Solomon 1:9. The church is often said by Christ to be "fair", his "fair one", and the "fairest among women", Song of Solomon 1:8; but here "all fair", being a perfection of beauty, and perfectly comely through his comeliness: this is said to show her completeness in Christ, as to justification; and that, with respect to sanctification, she had a perfection of parts, though not of degrees; and to observe, that the church and "all" the true members of it were so, the meanest and weakest believer, as well as the greatest and strongest. It is added,
[there is] no spot in thee; not that the saints have no sin in them; nor any committed by them; nor that their sins are not sins; nor that they have no spots in them, with respect to sanctification, which is imperfect; but with respect to their justification, as having the righteousness of Christ imputed to them, and covered with that spotless robe, they are considered as having no spot in them; God sees no sin in them, so as to reckon it to them, and condemn them for it; and they stand unblamable and unreproveable in his sight; and will be presented by Christ, both to himself and to his father, and in the view of men and angels, "not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing", Ephesians 5:27, upon them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Section 4:7–5:1: The king meeting the bride in the evening of the same day, expresses once more his love and admiration in the sweetest and tenderest terms and figures. He calls her now “bride” (spouse, Song of Solomon 4:8) for the first time, to mark it as the hour of their espousals, and “sister-bride” (spouse, Song of Solomon 4:9-10, Song of Solomon 4:12; Song of Solomon 5:1), to express the likeness of thought and disposition which henceforth unites them. At the same time he invites her to leave for his sake her birthplace and its mountain neighborhood, and live henceforth for him alone.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Song of Solomon 4:7. Thou art all fair - there is no spot in thee. — "My beloved, every part of thee is beautiful; thou hast not a single defect."
The description given of the beauties of Daphne, by OVID, Metam. lib. i. ver. 497, has some similarity to the above verses: -
Spectat inornatos collo pendere capillos.
Et, quid si comantur? ait. Videt igne micantes
Sideribus similes oculos; videt oscula, quae non
Est vidisse satis. Laudat digitosque, manusque,
Brachiaque, et nudos media plus parte lacertos.
Si qua latent meliora putat.
Her well-turn'd neck he view'd, (her neck was bare,)
And on her shoulders her disheveled hair.
O, were it comb'd, said he, with what a grace
Would every waving curl become her face!
He view'd her eyes, like heavenly lamps that shone,
He view'd her lips, too sweet to view alone;
Her taper fingers, and her panting breast.
He praises all he sees; and, for the rest,
Believes the beauties yet unseen the best.
DRYDEN.
Jayadeva describes the beauty of Radha in nearly the same imagery: "Thy lips, O thou most beautiful among women, are a bandhujiva flower; the lustre of the madhuca beams upon thy cheek; thine eye outshines the blue lotos; thy nose is a bud of the tila; the cunda blossom yields to thy teeth. Surely thou descendedst from heaven, O slender damsel! attended by a company of youthful goddesses; and all their beauties are collected in thee." See these poems, and the short notes at the end.
The same poet has a parallel thought to that in Song of Solomon 4:5, "Thy two breasts," &c. The companions of Radha thus address her: "Ask those two round hillocks which receive pure dew drops from the garland playing on thy neck, and the buds on whose tops start aloft with the thought of thy beloved."
