Proverbs 7:16
[With] ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works — cotton of Egypt.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
In Context
15Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.
17I sprinkled my bed — myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:22Ornamental coverings she hath made for herself, Silk and purple [are] her clothing.
Song of Solomon 3:7Lo, his couch, that [is] Solomon's, Sixty mighty ones [are] around it, Of the mighty of Israel,
Ezekiel 27:7Of fine linen with embroidery from Egypt hath been thy sail, To be to thee for an ensign, Of blue and purple from isles of Elishah hath been thy covering.
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 →