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 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

5And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: 6Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 8Blessed be Yhwh thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for Yhwh thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. 9And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

2 Chronicles 9:7 word by word

אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֲנָשֶׁ֔יךָ וְאַשְׁרֵ֖י עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ אֵ֑לֶּה הָעֹמְדִ֤ים לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ תָּמִ֔יד וְשֹׁמְעִ֖ים אֶת־חָכְמָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• 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 said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
• 1 Kings 10:8Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
• Psalms 27:4One thing have I desired of Yhwh, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of Yhwh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yhwh, and to enquire in his temple.
• Psalms 84:10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
• Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
• Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man that heareth 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 want of wisdom.
• Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
• Luke 10:39And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
• Luke 11:28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that 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