Proverbs 7:16
New International Version
I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.

New Living Translation
My bed is spread with beautiful blankets, with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.

English Standard Version
I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egyptian linen;

Berean Standard Bible
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.

King James Bible
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

New King James Version
I have spread my bed with tapestry, Colored coverings of Egyptian linen.

New American Standard Bible
“I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt.

NASB 1995
“I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt.

NASB 1977
“I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt.

Legacy Standard Bible
I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt.

Amplified Bible
“I have spread my couch with coverings and cushions of tapestry, With colored fine linen of Egypt.

Christian Standard Bible
I’ve spread coverings on my bed — richly colored linen from Egypt.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I’ve spread coverings on my bed— richly colored linen from Egypt.

American Standard Version
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

Contemporary English Version
The sheets on my bed are bright-colored cloth from Egypt.

English Revised Version
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I've made my bed, with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.

Good News Translation
I've covered my bed with sheets of colored linen from Egypt.

International Standard Version
I've decorated my bed with new coverings— embroidered linen from Egypt.

Majority Standard Bible
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.

NET Bible
I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt.

New Heart English Bible
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

Webster's Bible Translation
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

World English Bible
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
I decked my bed [with] ornamental coverings, "" Carved works—cotton of Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation
With ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works -- cotton of Egypt.

Smith's Literal Translation
With adornings I spread my bed, variegated with thread of Egypt.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted tapestry, brought from Egypt.

Catholic Public Domain Version
I have woven my bed with cords. I have strewn it with embroidered tapestries from Egypt.

New American Bible
With coverlets I have spread my couch, with brocaded cloths of Egyptian linen;

New Revised Standard Version
I have decked my couch with coverings, colored spreads of Egyptian linen;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
I have made my bed upon a carpet; I have covered it with fine linen of Egypt.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
I have spread my bed on a carpet and with Egyptian bedspreads I have spread it;
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
I have decked my couch with coverlets, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I have spread my bed with sheets, and I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Warnings about the Adulteress
15So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you. 16I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt. 17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.…

Cross References
Ezekiel 23:41
You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,

Isaiah 57:7-8
On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices. / Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.

Jeremiah 4:30
And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.

Revelation 17:4
The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.

Revelation 18:12
cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;

Song of Solomon 1:16-17
How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed. / The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.

Song of Solomon 3:10
He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 4:3
Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

Song of Solomon 4:11
Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.

Luke 16:19
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

1 Timothy 2:9
Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

1 Peter 3:3
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

Matthew 6:29
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

Matthew 23:27-28
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Isaiah 3:16-24
The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— / the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.” / In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents; ...


Treasury of Scripture

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

decked

Song of Solomon 1:16
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

Song of Solomon 3:7-10
Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel…

Revelation 2:22
Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

fine

1 Kings 10:28
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

Isaiah 19:9
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.

Ezekiel 27:7
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.

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Proverbs 7
1. Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom
6. In an example of his own experience he shows
10. the cunning of a harlot
22. and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton
24. He detests such wickedness














I have decked my bed with coverings
I have decked
The phrase "I have decked" suggests an intentional and deliberate action. In the Hebrew, the word used here is "רָבַד" (ravad), which means to spread or to cover. This indicates a purposeful preparation, often associated with seduction or allure. The act of decking or adorning is not merely for comfort but to entice and captivate. In the broader scriptural context, this reflects the seductive nature of sin, which often presents itself as attractive and desirable, masking its true consequences.

my bed
The "bed" in ancient Near Eastern culture was not just a place for rest but also a symbol of intimacy and covenant. In the context of Proverbs 7, the bed becomes a metaphor for illicit relationships and the betrayal of covenantal fidelity. The bed, therefore, is not just a physical object but a representation of moral and spiritual compromise. Historically, beds were often ornately decorated, signifying wealth and status, which adds to the allure and temptation being described.

with coverings
The "coverings" refer to luxurious and ornate fabrics, often used to enhance the beauty and appeal of the bed. In Hebrew, the word "מַרְבַדִּים" (marbadim) suggests rich, colorful tapestries or spreads. These coverings are not merely functional but are meant to seduce and captivate. The use of such coverings indicates an investment in creating an environment of temptation. Scripturally, this can be seen as a warning against the superficial allure of sin, which often disguises itself with beauty and splendor to hide its destructive nature.

(16) Carved works.--Rather, with coloured or striped coverlets. For another notice of the extravagance of the women of Jerusalem, see Isaiah 3, and for a description of the trade of Tyre, the great supplier of foreign luxuries, see Ezek. xxvii Myrrh is said to be a natural product of Arabia, aloes and cinnamon of the east coast of Africa and Ceylon.

Verse 16. - She describes the preparation she has made for his entertainment. Coverings of tapestry; marbaddim, "cushions," "pillows." The expression occurs again in Proverbs 31:22. It is derived from דָבַד "to spread," and means cushions spread out ready for use. The Septuagint has κειρίαις; Vulgate, funibus, "cords." These versions seem to regard the word as denoting a kind of delicate sacking on which the coverlets were laid. Carved works, with fine linen of Egypt; literally, striped, or variegated, coverings, Egyptian linen. The words are in apposition, but the latter point to the material used, which is אֵטוּן, etun (ἅπαξ λεγόμενον), "linen yarn or thread," hence equivalent to "coverlets of Egyptian thread." This was of extreme fineness, costly, and much prized. By "carved works" (Hebrew, חֲטֻבות chatuboth) the Authorized Version must refer to bed poles or bed boards elaborately carved and polished; but the word is better taken of coverlets striped in different colours, which give the idea of richness and luxury. Vulgate, trapetibus pictis ex Aegypto, "embroidered rugs of Egyptian work;" Septuagint, ἀμφιτάποις τοῖς ἀπ Αἰγύπτου, "shaggy cloth of Egypt." The mention of these articles denotes the foreign commerce of the Hebrews, and their appreciation of artistic work (comp. Isaiah 19:9; Ezekiel 27:7). The Prophet Amos (Amos 6:4) denounces those that "lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I have decked
רָבַ֣דְתִּי (rā·ḇaḏ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7234: To spread over, deck

my bed
עַרְשִׂ֑י (‘ar·śî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6210: A couch, divan

with coverings,
מַ֭רְבַדִּים (mar·ḇad·dîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4765: A spread, coverlet

with colored
חֲ֝טֻב֗וֹת (ḥă·ṭu·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 2405: A carving, a tapestry

linen
אֵט֥וּן (’ê·ṭūn)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 330: Twisted, tapestry

from Egypt.
מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (miṣ·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa


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