Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I have decked my bed with coverings and clothes of Egypt.
New American Standard Bible
With colored
King James Version
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
Holman Bible
richly colored linen from Egypt.
International Standard Version
I've decorated my bed with new coverings embroidered linen from Egypt.
A Conservative Version
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
American Standard Version
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
Amplified
“I have spread my couch with coverings and cushions of tapestry,
With colored fine linen of Egypt.
Bible in Basic English
My bed is covered with cushions of needlework, with coloured cloths of the cotton thread of Egypt;
Darby Translation
I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;
Julia Smith Translation
With adornings I spread my bed, variegated with thread of Egypt
King James 2000
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with colored spreads, with fine linen of Egypt.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[With] coverings I have adorned my couch, spreads of the linen of Egypt;
Modern King James verseion
I have decked my bed with coverings, with striped cloths of Egyptian linen.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Coverlets, have I spread on my couch of pleasure, dark-hued stuffs, of the yarn of Egypt;
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
With ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works -- cotton of Egypt.
Themes
Beds » Covered with tapestry and linen
Egypt » Celebrated for » Fine linen, &c
Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 7:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Story Of Seduction
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, that I might seek thy face, and so I have found thee. 16 I have decked my bed with coverings and clothes of Egypt. 17 My bed have I made to smell of Myrrh, Aloes, and Cinnamon.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 19:9
Such as labour upon flax and silk, shall come to poverty, and they also that weave fine works.
Ezekiel 27:7
Thy sail was of white small needle work out of the land of Egypt, to hang upon thy mast: and thy hangings of yellow silk and purple, out of the Isles of Elishah.
1 Kings 10:28
And Solomon's horses came out of Egypt from Kue: the merchants fetched them from Kue at a price.
Proverbs 31:22
She maketh herself fair ornaments; her clothing is white silk and purple.
Song of Songs 1:16
O how fair art thou, my beloved, how well favored art thou? Our bed is decked with flowers,
Song of Songs 3:7-10
Behold, about Solomon's bedstead there stand sixty valiant men of the most mighty in Israel.
Revelation 2:22
Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit fornication with her into great adversity, except they turn from their deeds.