Proverbs 7:17

I have sprinkled sweet-smelling perfumes on my bed— myrrh and aloes and cinnamon.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

In Context

16I have put on my bed sheets/bedspreads that were made from very fine linen that were imported { people brought} from Egypt.

18Come with me; let us enjoy having sex until tomorrow morning. Let’s enjoy making love.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:23“ Tell the people to collect some of the finest spices— ◄12 pounds/6 kg.► of ◄liquid myrrh/sweet-smelling sap named myrrh►, ◄6 pounds/3 kg.► of sweet-smelling cinnamon, ◄6 pounds/3 kg.► of a sweet-smelling cane/reed,

Psalms 45:9Among the women who stay near you [EUP] stay are daughters of other kings. And at your right hand stands your bride, the queen, wearing beautiful ornaments of gold that comes from Ophir.

Song of Solomon 4:13You are like [MET] an orchard of pomegranate trees full of delicious fruit, and plenty of plants that produce henna and nard spices,

Isaiah 57:7You have sex [EUP] with cult prostitutes on every hill and mountain, and you go there to offer sacrifices to your gods.

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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