Proverbs 7:16

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, 1 with a bedspread of fine linen of Mitzrayim. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

In Context

15Al ken (therefore) came I forth to meet thee, 1 diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 1

17I have perfumed my mishkav (bed) 1 with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 31:22She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; 1 her levush (clothing) is fine linen and purple. 1

Song of Solomon 3:7Hinei, his conveyance, + 3:7 See palanquin, 3:9 which is Sh'lomoʼs; 1 threescore gibborim (valiant men) are around it, 1 the Gibborei Yisroel. 1

Ezekiel 27:7Fine linen with embroidered work from Mitzrayim was that 1 which thou spreadest forth to be thy nes (sail); 1 blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah 1 was that which covered thee. 1

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 →

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