Proverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my mishkav (bed) 1 with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
In Context
16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, 1 with a bedspread of fine linen of Mitzrayim. 1
Cross References
Exodus 30:23Take thou also unto thee choice spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekel-weights, and of fragrant cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane spice two hundred and fifty,
Psalms 45:9All Thy robes smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia; 1 out of ivory heikhalim, stringed instruments have made Thee glad. 1
Song of Solomon 4:13Thy plants are a pardeis (park, paradise) of pomegranates, with pleasant p'ri; 1 henna with spikenard, 1
Isaiah 57:7Upon a lofty and high har 1 hast thou set up thy mishkav (bed i.e., fertility rites); 1 there wentest thou up to offer zevach. 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 →