2 Chronicles 9:7

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 Living Translation (NLT)How happy your people must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, listening to your wisdom!

Context of 2 Chronicles 9:7

5Then she said to the king: “It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom. 6However I did not believe their words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me. You exceed the fame of which I heard. Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom! 8Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the Lord your God! Because your God has loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.” 9And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones; there never were any spices such as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

2 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 33:9Who says of his father and mother, ‘I have not seen them’; Nor did he acknowledge his brothers, Or know his own children; For they have observed Your word And kept Your covenant.
• 1 Kings 10:8Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
• Psalms 27:4One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple.
• Psalms 84:10For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
• Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart,
• Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
• Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of wisdom.
• Proverbs 13:20He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
• Luke 10:39And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word.
• Luke 11:28But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

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

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 9:7

• Sheba
• Solomon

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• Prophecy
• Solomon
• Queen
• Queen of Sheba

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