King James Version

Proverbs 7:16

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

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

מַ֭רְבַדִּיםmarvadimcovering of tapestryמַרְבַדnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “covering of tapestry”, the ordinary formH4765a coverletcovering of tapestry.רָבַ֣דְתִּיravadtideckרָבַדverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “deck”, a completed actionH7234to spreaddeck.עַרְשִׂ֑יarsicouchעֶרֶשׂnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “couch”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6210a couch (properly, with a canopy)bed(-stead), couch.חֲ֝טֻב֗וֹתchatuvotcarvedחֲטֻבָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “carved”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2405properly, a carving; hence, a tapestry (as figured)carved.אֵט֥וּןetunfine linenאֵטוּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “fine linen”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH330properly, twisted (yarn), i.e. tapestryfine linen.מִצְרָֽיִםmitsrayimEgyptמִצְרַיִםnoun, proper name — “Egypt”H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptEgypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

[With] ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works — cotton of Egypt.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;

Douay-Rheims

I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted tapestry, brought from Egypt.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

κειρίαις τέτακα τὴν κλίνην μου, ἀμφιτάποις δὲ ἔστρωκα τοῖς ἀπʼ Αἰγύπτου.