Proverbs 7:16
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
In Context
15Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
17I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:22She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Song of Solomon 3:7Behold, it is the litter of Solomon. Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.
Ezekiel 27:7Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign. Blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:7-24
The Foolish Young Man; Enticements of the Adulteress. 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now… Read the whole commentary →