Proverbs 7:16

deckt… with. coverings Lit. covered … with coverings, or cushioned … with cushions, the words being two forms of the same Heb. root, which does not occur elsewhere.

bed or, couch: a different and more poetic word than that in Proverbs 7:17. It is used for a couch of moss and flowers, "also our couch is green," Song of Solomon 1:16.

with carvedworks &c. Rather, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt, R.V.

If the rendering of A.V., "And king Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt and linen yarn" (1 Kings 10:28), could stand, we should have an interesting historical light thrown upon this verse. It is now, however, generally thought that the Hebrew word (lit. string) does not mean yarn, but a string, or droveof horses. "And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price," R.V. (See note there in this Series.) The historical notice, however, is still relevant, as showing the commercial relations of Palestine with Egypt in the time of Solomon.

linen or, yarn, R.V. The Heb. word occurs only here, and is thought by Lange and others to be akin to the Greek word ὀθόνη, fine linenin classical Greek, but in later Greek used more widely, Acts 10:11; Acts 11:5. The LXX. render, ἀμφιτάποις (with cloths hairy or shaggy on both sides) ἔστρωκα τοῖς ἀπʼ Αἰγύπτου.