Proverbs 7:18
Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the desired embraces, till the day appear.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
In Context
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
19For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey.
Cross References
Exodus 20:14Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant.
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 →