Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:6-23
Solomon here, to enforce the caution he had given against the sin of whoredom, tells a story of a young man that was ruined to all intents and purposes by the enticements of an adulterous woman. Such a story as this would serve the lewd profane poets of our age to make a play of, and the harlot with them would be a heroine; nothing would be so entertaining to the audience, nor give them so much diversion, as her arts of beguiling the young gentleman and drawing in the country squire; her conquests would be celebrated as the triumphs of wit and love, and the comedy would conclude very pleasantly; and every young man that saw it acted would covet to be so picked up. Thus fools make a mock at s…
Read the whole note in the consoleJamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 7:17
bed--a place for sleeping.
John Gill on Proverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my bed,.... As she had made it entertaining to the senses of seeing and feeling, it being showy and gaudy, soft and easy; so to the sense of smelling; and all to provoke lust, and draw into her embraces; by censing it with incense, as Donesh in Jarchi; or by sprinkling (s) a liquor, made of the following spices, on the head, posts, and sides of the bed, to remove all ill scents, and make it more acceptable; so the Targum, Vulgate Latin, Septuagint, and all the Oriental versions, render it, "I sprinkled my bed": or, it may be, by suffumigation, which women are said to use with their garments and bed clothes (t). Even this the harlot did,
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon; all o…
Read the whole note in the consoleKeil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 7:16-18
Thus she found him, and described to him the enjoyment which awaited him in eating and drinking, then in the pleasures of love.
16 "My bed have I spread with cushions,
Variegated coverlets, Egyptian linen;
17 I have sprinkled my couch
With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come then, we will intoxicate ourselves with love till the morning,
And will satisfy ourselves in love."
The noun ערשׂ, from ערשׂ, = Arab. 'arash, aedificare, fabricari, signifies generally the wooden frame; thus not so much the bed within as the erected bed-place (cf. Arab. 'arsh, throne, and 'arysh, arbour). This bedstead she had richly and beautifully cushioned, that it might be soft and agreeable. רבד, from רב, signifies…
