The Queen of Sheba
1 Kings 10:8
In 11 translations
- BSB
- How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate your wives
- KJV
- Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
- WEB
- Happy are your men, happy are these your servants who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.
- ASV
- Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
- LSV
- O the blessedness of your men, O the blessedness of your servants—these—who are standing before you continually, who are hearing your wisdom!
- YLT
- O the happiness of thy men, O the happiness of thy servants — these — who are standing before thee continually, who are hearing thy wisdom!
- DBY
- Happy are thy men! happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, who hear thy wisdom!
- DRC
- Blessed are thy men, and blessed are thy servants, who stand before thee always, and hear thy wisdom.
- GNV
- Happy are the men, happie are these thy seruants, which stande euer before thee, and heare thy wisedome.
- JPS
- Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
- LXXE
- Blessed are thy wives, blessed are these thy servants who stand before thee continually, who hear all thy wisdom.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֲנָשֶׁ֔יךָ אַשְׁרֵ֖י עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ אֵ֑לֶּה הָֽעֹמְדִ֤ים לְפָנֶ֨יךָ֙ תָּמִ֔יד הַשֹּׁמְעִ֖ים אֶת־חָכְמָתֶֽךָ׃
- LXX-Br
- Μακάριαι αἱ γυναῖκές σου, μακάριοι οἱ παῖδές σου οὗτοι οἱ παρεστηκότες ἐνώπιόν σου διόλου, οἱ ἀκούοντες πᾶσαν τὴν φρόνησίν σου.
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◆ Reign of Solomon
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
- Luke 11:31The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
- Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
- Proverbs 3:13–14Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
- 2 Chronicles 9:7–8How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom! Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for…
- Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Luke 10:39–42She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left…
- Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
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