Proverbs 7:16
With tapestry coverings have I decked my bed, with embroidered coverlids of the fine linen of Egypt.
Leeser Tanakh
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 am I come forth to meet thee, to seek thy presence diligently, and I have found thee.
17I have sprinkled my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:22Tapestry-covering she maketh for herself: of linen and purple is her attire.
Song of Solomon 3:7Behold, it is the bed, which is Solomon's, sixty valiant men are round about it, of the valiant ones of Israel.
Ezekiel 27:7Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy flag to be unto thee a sign: of blue and purple from the isles of Ellishah was thy cover.
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 →