1 Kings 10:8
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
KJV
Beati viri tui, et beati servi tui, qui stant coram te semper, et audiunt sapientiam tuam.
Vulgate
μακάριαι αἱ γυναῖκές σου, μακάριοι οἱ παῖδές σου οὗτοι οἱ παρεστηκότες ἐνώπιόν σου δι’ ὅλου, οἱ ἀκούοντες πᾶσαν τὴν φρόνησίν σου.
LXX
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
ASV
אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֲנָשֶׁ֔י/ךָ אַשְׁרֵ֖י עֲבָדֶ֣י/ךָ אֵ֑לֶּה הָֽ/עֹמְדִ֤ים לְ/פָנֶ֨י/ךָ֙ תָּמִ֔יד הַ/שֹּׁמְעִ֖ים אֶת חָכְמָתֶֽ/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַשְׁרֵ֣י
'shry
noun · 44×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
תָּמִ֔יד
tmyd
noun · 104×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 16:16 — Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shal
- Dan 1:5 — And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
- Isa 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
- Luke 11:31 — The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a gr
- Prov 8:34 — Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
- Prov 10:21 — The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
- Prov 22:29 — Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.