Proverbs 7:16
I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted tapestry, brought from Egypt.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Intexui funibus lectulum meum ; stravi tapetibus pictis ex Ægypto :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- κειρίᾳ τέτακα τὴν κλίνην μου, ἀμφιτάποις δὲ ἔστρωκα τοῖς ἀπ᾽ Αἰγύπτου·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- מַ֭רְבַדִּים רָבַ֣דְתִּי עַרְשִׂ֑י חֲ֝טֻב֗וֹת אֵט֥וּן מִצְרָֽיִם
Haydock's commentary
Cords. For greater ease, instead of boards, (Menochius) or the curtains are hung with precious cords from Egypt. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.