Proverbs 7:16
I have put on my bed sheets/bedspreads that were made from very fine linen that were imported { people brought} from Egypt.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
In Context
15And now I have come out to meet/see you. I was searching for you, and now I have found you!
17I have sprinkled sweet-smelling perfumes on my bed— myrrh and aloes and cinnamon.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:22She makes bedspreads/quilts for the beds. She wears fine linen clothes that are dyed purple, like queens wear.
Song of Solomon 3:7It is Solomon, sitting in his portable chair surrounded by 60 bodyguards chosen from the strongest/greatest warriors in Israel.
Ezekiel 27:7The sails for the ship were made from fine embroidered linen from Egypt, and those sails were like flags that people could see far away. For shade they hung pieces of blue and purple cloth brought from people living on Cyprus island.
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 →