Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 7:17
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Proverbs 7:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
- New International Version (NIV)I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Context of Proverbs 7:17
15So I’ve come out to meet you, to seek your presence eagerly— and I found you! 16I have spread my couch with tapestry of dyed Egyptian linens. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18Come, let’s drink our fill of love till morning! Let’s delight ourselves with love. 19For my husband is not at home— he’s gone on a long journey.
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נַ֥פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י מֹ֥ר אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:17
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17I have perfumed any bed with Myrrh - מר mor, "aloes," אהלים ahalim, and "cinnamon," קנמון kinnamon . We have taken our names from the original words; but probably the ahalim may not mean aloes, which is no perfume; but sandal wood, which is very much used in the East. She had used every means to excite the passions she wished to bring into action.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17The love of perfumes is here, as in Isaiah 3:24, a sign of luxurious vice. Cinnamon - The Hebrew word is identical with the English. The spice imported by the Phoenician traders from the further East, probably from Ceylon, has kept its name through all changes of language.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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