1 Kings 4:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³¹ He was wiser than anyone else, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, children of Mahol; his fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ For he was wiser than all other men–than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. His fame was in all the nations round about.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations round about.

Common English Bible

³¹ He was wiser than anyone, more wise than Ethan the Ezrahite or Mahol’s sons: Heman, Calcol, and Darda. His reputation was known throughout the region.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ And he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan, the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And he was renowned in all the nations on every side.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ And he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Dorda the sons of Mahol. And he was renowned in all nations round about.

1 Kings 4:31 Cross References

1 Kings 10:1

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon (fame due to the name of the Lord), she came to test him with riddles.

1 Kings 10:6

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 3:12

I now do according to your word. Indeed, I give you a wise and discerning mind; no one like you has been before you, and no one like you shall arise after you.

1 Kings 5:7

When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the Lord today, who has given to David a wise son to be over this great people.”

1 Chronicles 15:17

So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; and of his kindred Asaph son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their kindred, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

1 Chronicles 15:19

The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound bronze cymbals;

1 Chronicles 2:6

The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, five in all.

1 Chronicles 6:33

These are the men who served, and their sons were: Of the Kohathites: Heman, the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

2 Chronicles 9:23

All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.

Psalm 88:1

O Lord, God of my salvation, at night, when I cry out before you,

Daniel 1:20

In every matter of wisdom and understanding concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.

Matthew 12:42

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and indeed something greater than Solomon is here!

Matthew 4:24

So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all the sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, people possessed by demons or having epilepsy or afflicted with paralysis, and he cured them.

Luke 11:31

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and indeed, something greater than Solomon is here!

Colossians 2:3

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.