God’s Word Translation
2 Chronicles 9:7
7How blessed your men must be! How blessed these servants of yours must be because they are always stationed in front of you and listen to your wisdom!
2 Chronicles 9:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
- New International Version (NIV)How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
- English Standard Version (ESV)Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
Context of 2 Chronicles 9:7
5She told the king, “What I heard in my country about your words and your wisdom is true! 6But I didn’t believe the reports until I came and saw it with my own eyes. I wasn’t even told about half of the extent of your wisdom. You’ve surpassed the stories I’ve heard. How blessed your men must be! How blessed these servants of yours must be because they are always stationed in front of you and listen to your wisdom! 8Thank the Lord your God, who is pleased with you. He has put you on his throne to be king on behalf of the Lord your God. Because of your God’s love for the people of Israel, he has established them permanently and made you king over them so that you would maintain justice and righteousness.” 9She gave the king 9,000 pounds of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never was there such a large quantity of spices ⌞in Israel⌟ as those that the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 92 Chronicles 9:7 word by word
אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֲנָשֶׁ֔יךָ וְאַשְׁרֵ֖י עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ אֵ֑לֶּה הָעֹמְדִ֤ים לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ תָּמִ֔יד וְשֹׁמְעִ֖ים אֶת־חָכְמָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Happyאֶ֫שֶׁר'esher · blessedH835
- thy menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- these thy servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- which standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
- continuallyתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- thee, and hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- thy wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 9:7
- Deuteronomy 33:9They said that they didn’t know their father and mother. They didn’t recognize their own brothers. They didn’t acknowledge their own children. But they obeyed your word and were faithful to the terms of your promise.
- 1 Kings 10:8How blessed your men must be! How blessed these servants of yours must be because they are always stationed in front of you, listening to your wisdom!
- Psalms 27:4I have asked one thing from the Lord. This I will seek: to remain in the Lord’s house all the days of my life in order to gaze at the Lord’s beauty and to search for an answer in his temple.
- Psalms 84:10One day in your courtyards is better than a thousand ⌞anywhere else⌟. I would rather stand in the entrance to my God’s house than live inside wicked people’s homes.
- Proverbs 3:3Do not let mercy and truth leave you. Fasten them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
- Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the person who listens to me, watches at my door day after day, and waits by my doorposts.
- Proverbs 10:21The lips of a righteous person feed many, but stubborn fools die because they have no sense.
- Proverbs 13:20Whoever walks with wise people will be wise, but whoever associates with fools will suffer.
- Luke 10:39She had a sister named Mary. Mary sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to him talk.
- Luke 11:28Jesus replied, “Rather, how blessed are those who hear and obey God’s word.”
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 9:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-12Verses 1-12 The narrative here is parallel with that in marginal reference, from which it varies but little, and to which it adds nothing. 2 Chronicles 9:11 Terraces - Rather, as in the margin, “stairs” (see the 1 Kings 10:12 note). 2 Chronicles 9:12 Beside that which she had brought unto the king - It is difficult to assign any sense to these words as they now stand in the Hebrew text. A slight alteration will give the meaning: “Beside that which the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-122Ch 9:1-12. The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon; She Admires His Wisdom and Magnificence. 1-4. when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon--(See on 1Ki 10:1-13). It is said that among the things in Jerusalem which drew forth the admiration of Solomon's royal visitor was "his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord." This was the arched viaduct that crossed the valley from Mount Zion to the opposite hill. In the commentary on the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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