So she said to the king, “The report was true that I heard in my own land of your accomplishments and of your wisdom,
1 Kings 10:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes saw it. Not even half had been told me; your wisdom and prosperity far surpass the report that I had heard. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I did not believe it until I came and my eyes had seen. Behold, the half was not told me. You have added wisdom and goodness exceeding the fame I heard. American Standard Version (1901) Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me; thy wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard. Common English Bible “I didn’t believe it until I came and saw it with my own eyes. In fact, the half of it wasn’t even told to me! You have far more wisdom and wealth than I was told. Catholic Public Domain Version about your words and your wisdom. But I did not believe those who explained it to me, until I went myself and saw it with my own eyes. And I have discovered that the half of it has not been told to me: your wisdom and works are greater than the report that I have heard. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Concerning thy words, and concerning thy wisdom. And I did not believe them that told me, till I came myself, and saw with my own eyes, and have found that the half hath not been told me. Thy wisdom and thy works exceed the fame which I heard. |
So she said to the king, “The report was true that I heard in my own land of your accomplishments and of your wisdom,
Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants who continually attend you and hear your wisdom!
From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who works for those who wait for him.
For what goodness and beauty are his! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.
But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.
But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him”—
Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.