Proverbs 7:18
Come thou, be we filled with touching of teats, and use we embracings that be coveted (or and with desired embraces); till the day begin to be clear.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
In Context
17I have besprinkled my bed with myrrh, and aloes, and canel (or and cinnamon).
19For mine husband is not in his house; he is gone (away) a full long way.
Cross References
Exodus 20:14Thou shalt not do lechery.
Proverbs 9:17Waters of theft be sweeter, and bread hid is sweeter. (Stolen water is sweeter, and hidden bread is sweeter.)
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 →