KJV King James Version
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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Proverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
WEB World English Bible
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
ASV American Standard Version
I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I sprinkled my bed—myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 7
14 [I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19 For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.
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Psalm 45:8All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.Isaiah 57:7-9Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.Song of Solomon 3:6Who [is] this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?Exodus 30:23Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, [even] two hundred and fifty [shekels], and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty [shekels],Song of Solomon 4:13-14Thy plants [are] an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
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