Proverbs 7:16
I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;
Darby Translation
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 came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.
17I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:22She maketh herself coverlets; her clothing is byssus and purple.
Song of Solomon 3:7Behold his couch, Solomon's own: Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty of Israel.
Ezekiel 27:7Byssus with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, to serve thee for a banner; 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 →