Proverbs 7:16
14 “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
15 So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
- KJV
- I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
- WEB
- I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
- ASV
- I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
- DARBY
- I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;
- BLB
- With coverings I have spread my couch, [with] colored linen of Egypt.
- ÅB
- Jeg har bredt tepper over min seng, brokete tepper av egyptisk garn.
- OTB
- Jeg har pyntet min seng med tepper, med fargede laken fra Egypt.
- B1930
- Jeg har bredt tepper over min seng, brokete tepper av egyptisk garn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 19:9
The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.
Read in contextEzekiel 27:7
Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.
Read in contextRevelation 2:22
Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.
Read in contextProverbs 31:22
She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Read in context1 Kings 10:28
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 3:7–10
Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 1:16
How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
Read in context