1 Kings 4:32
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
KJV
Locutus est quoque Salomon tria millia parabolas : et fuerunt carmina ejus quinque et mille.
Vulgate
ὅτε ἀνέβη Φαραὼ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου, καὶ προκατελάβετο τὴν Γάζερ καὶ ἐνεπύρισεν αὐτὴν καὶ τὸν Χανανείτην τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἐν Μεργάβ· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὰς Φαραὼ ἀποστολὰς θυγατρὶ αὐτοῦ γυναικὶ Σαλωμών·
LXX
And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
ASV
Solomon also spoke three thousand parables: and his poems were a thousand and five.
Douay-Rheims
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Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
From the Preface You are not content to fulfil the office, when I am present with you, of a taskmaster to drive me to labour at theology; even when I am absent you demand that I should spend most of my time on you and on the task I have to do for you. I, for my part, am inclined to shrink from toil, and to avoid that danger which threatens from God those who give themselves to …
The division of prophecy into its species Is the more excellent prophecy that which is without imaginative vision? The various degrees of prophecy Was Moses the greatest of the prophets? Can a comprehensor be a prophet? Did prophecy advance in perfection as time went on? Article 1. Whether prophecy is fittingly divided into the prophecy of divine predestination, of foreknowledg…
Cross-references
- Eccl 12:9 — And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
- Eccl 12:12 — And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
- Prov 25:1 — These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.