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.
1 Kings 10:8 - King James Version - American Edition Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Happy are your men! Happy are these your servants who stand continually before you, hearing your wisdom! American Standard Version (1901) Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. Common English Bible Your people and these servants who continually serve you and get to listen to your wisdom are truly happy! Catholic Public Domain Version Blessed are your men, and blessed are your servants, who stand before you always, and who hear your wisdom. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Blessed are thy men, and blessed are thy servants, who stand before thee always, and hear thy wisdom. |
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.
And king Rehobo´am consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chalde´ans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
But he said, Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
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 greater than Solomon is here.