16 I have spread my bed with tapestry,
Colored coverings of
aEgyptian linen.
17 I have perfumed my bed
With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For
1 my husband
is not at home;
He has gone on a long journey;
20 He has taken a bag of money
1 with him,
And will come home
1 on the appointed day.”
21 With
aher enticing speech she caused him to yield,
bWith her flattering lips she
1 seduced him.
22 Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or
1 as a fool to the correction of the
2 stocks,
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