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Proverbs 7:16
16I have spread my couch with coverings and cushions of tapestry, With colored fine linen of Egypt.
Proverbs 7:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
- New International Version (NIV)I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egyptian linen;
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have spread my bed with tapestry, Colored coverings of Egyptian linen.
Context of Proverbs 7:16
14“I have peace offerings with me; Today I have paid my vows. 15So I came out to meet you [that you might share with me the feast of my offering], Diligently I sought your face and I have found you. I have spread my couch with coverings and cushions of tapestry, With colored fine linen of Egypt. 17I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; Let us console and delight ourselves with love.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:16 word by word
מַ֭רְבַדִּים רָבַ֣דְתִּי עַרְשִׂ֑י חֲ֝טֻב֗וֹת אֵט֥וּן מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:16
- Revelation 2:22Listen carefully, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her [I will bring] into great anguish, unless they repent of her deeds.
- 1 Kings 10:28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue, and the king’s merchants acquired them from Kue, for a price.
- Isaiah 19:9Moreover, those who make linen from combed flax And those who weave white cloth will be ashamed.
- Ezekiel 27:7Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt So that it became your distinguishing mark (insignia); Your [ship’s] awning [which covered you] was blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor].
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16I have decked my bed - ערשי arsi, "my couch or sofa;" distinguished from משכבי mishcabi, "my bed," Proverbs 7:17, the place to sleep on, as the other was the place to recline on at meals. The tapestry, מרבדים marbaddim, mentioned here seems to refer to the covering of the sofa; exquisitely woven and figured cloth. אטון חטבות chatuboth etun, the Targum translates painted carpets, such as were manufactured in Egypt; some kind of embroidered or embossed…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16The words point to the art and commerce which flourished under Solomon. Carved works - Most commentators take the original as meaning “striped coverlets of linen of Egypt.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-27Verses 6-27 Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same place. The misery of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-17She focuses on her bed and exotic perfumes like myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon, which have clear sexual implications (see Song of Solomon 4:13û14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1716-17. my bed--or, "couch," adorned in the costliest manner.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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