Proverbs 7:16
I decked my bed [with] ornamental coverings, || Carved works—cotton of Egypt.
Literal Standard 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 have come forth to meet you, || To earnestly seek your face, and I find you.
17I sprinkled my bed [with] myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:22She has made ornamental coverings for herself, || Silk and purple [are] her clothing.
Song of Solomon 3:7Behold, his couch, that [is] of Solomon, || Sixty mighty ones [are] around it, || Of the mighty of Israel,
Ezekiel 27:7Your sail has been of fine linen with embroidery from Egypt, || To be for your ensign, || Your covering has been of blue and purple from islands of Elishah.
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 →