Proverbs 7:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Proverbs 7:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The words point to the art and commerce which flourished under Solomon. Carved works - Most commentators take the original as meaning “striped coverlets of linen of Egypt.”

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The longest and most elaborate description of the adulteress, the fate of her victim, and the value of wisdom as a safeguard. Proverbs 7:1-5 . General advice to the young man to observe the comm...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  decked, &c. These words in verses: Proverbs 7:16 ; Proverbs 7:17 , are rare words appropriately put into the lips of. foreigner.

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works , with fine linen of Egypt. I have decked my bed - ערשי arsi, "my couch or sofa;" distinguished from משכבי mishcabi, "my bed," Pro...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Bad Woman A picture drawn from life of the enticing of a young man by a wicked woman.

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 8 REALISM IN MORAL TEACHING "I looked forth through my lattice; and I beheld." Proverbs 7:6 THE three Chapter s which close the introduction of our book (7-9) present a lively and pict...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This is a second parental exhortation, and consists of a warning against the allurements of the strange woman. A graphic picture of the seduction of a youth void of understanding is given. The woman...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, Passing through the street near her corn...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry ,.... Made use of by the ancients o for bed clothes: beautiful ornaments, as Gersom; and precious garments, as Jarchi. She had adorned her bed with cu...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt. Ver. 16. I have decked my bed. ] Lest haply by being abroad so late he should question where to have...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Therefore came I forth to meet thee As not being able to take any pleasure in my feast without thy company; and I have found thee By a happy providence of God complying with my desires, to my gr...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Foolish Young Man; Enticements of the Adulteress.       6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,   7...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  She designs to inflame his lust by the mention of the bed, and by its ornaments and perfumes.

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  A Detailed Description Of The Seduction Of The Naive Young Man By The ‘Strange Woman' ( Proverbs 7:6-23 ). This account divides up into three, what the father observes of the naive young man's act...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES. Proverbs 7:7 . Simple , “inexperienced.” Proverbs 7:8 . Went , “moved leisurely, sauntered.” Proverbs 7:9 . In the black and dark night , literally, “in the apple,” or “pu...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 7:1 . Keep my words lay up my commandments. These terms being of constant occurrence in the didactic scriptures, will be found explained in the beginning of the hundred and nineteenth psa...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry. A luxurious bed “I have exhausted the toil of myself and bought the toil of others to increase the luxury of my rest. Come and see the courtly e...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 7:1-20 13. Thirteenth admonitory discourse, containing a warning against adultery, treated under a different aspect from previous exhortations, and strengthened by an...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Condemnation of Fornication and Adultery. On account of the terrible devastation wrought by sins of adultery and by every gratification of sexual desires outside of holy wedlock, affecting not onl...

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• Proverbs 7:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 10:28 ; Ezekiel 27:7 ; Isaiah 19:9 ; Revelation 2:22 ; Song of Solomon 1:16 ; Song of Solomon 3:7-10

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