Tree of Life Version
1 Kings 10:8
8Blessed are your people, blessed are your courtiers who are standing continually before you, listening to your wisdom.
1 Kings 10:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that 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 men! Happy are 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 1 Kings 10:8
6Then she said to the king: “It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your deeds and of your wisdom. 7But I didn’t believe the reports until I came and my eyes saw it. Indeed, not even the half was told to me. You’re way past the report of wisdom and prosperity that I’d heard! Blessed are your people, blessed are your courtiers who are standing continually before you, listening to your wisdom. 9Blessed be Adonai your God, who delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. It is because of Adonai’s everlasting love for Israel that He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.” 10Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again did such abundance of spices come as what the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Read all of 1 Kings 101 Kings 10:8 word by word
אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֲנָשֶׁ֔יךָ אַשְׁרֵ֖י עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ אֵ֑לֶּה הָֽעֹמְדִ֤ים לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ תָּמִ֔יד הַשֹּׁמְעִ֖ים 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
- that hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- thy wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
Cross-references for 1 Kings 10:8
- 2 Chronicles 9:7How blessed are your men, how blessed are your courtiers who continually stand in your presence and hear your wisdom.
- Proverbs 3:13Happy is the man who finds wisdom and the man who gains understanding.
- Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts.
- Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of understanding.
- Proverbs 13:20He who walks with wise men is wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- Luke 10:39She had a sister called Miriam, who was seated at the Master’s feet, listening to His teaching.
- Luke 11:28But He said, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Commentaries on 1 Kings 10:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Happy are thy men - All these are very natural expressions from a person in her state of mind.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9The queen's testimony showed her amazement. Everything she heard was true, and seeing it herself, she realized Solomon's achievements were even greater. She understood that the Lord supported Solomon and that Solomon should use his God-given wisdom to lead with fairness and justice.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131Ki 10:1-13. The Queen of Sheba Admires the Wisdom of Solomon. 1. the queen of Sheba--Some think her country was the Sabean kingdom of Yemen, of which the capital was Saba, in Arabia-Felix; others, that it was in African Ethiopia, that is, Abyssinia, towards the south of the Red Sea. The opinions preponderate in favor of the former. This view harmonizes with the language of our Lord, as Yemen means "South"; and this country, extending to the shores of the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 10
- 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
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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