Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Now
King James Version
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
Holman Bible
God gave Solomon wisdom, very great insight, and understanding
International Standard Version
God gave Solomon wisdom and great discernment. His insights were as numerous as sand on the seashore.
A Conservative Version
And God gave Solomon exceedingly much wisdom and understanding, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
American Standard Version
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
Amplified
Now God gave Solomon [exceptional] wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand of the seashore.
Bible in Basic English
And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.
Darby Translation
And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will give wisdom to Solomon, and understanding exceeding much, and breadth of heart as the sand which is upon the lip of the sea.
King James 2000
And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore.
Lexham Expanded Bible
God gave wisdom to Solomon and very great discernment, as well as {breadth of understanding}, as the sand which is on the edge of the seashore.
Modern King James verseion
And God gave Solomon exceeding great wisdom and understanding, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much and a large heart, even as the sand along by the sea bank:
NET Bible
God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.
New Heart English Bible
God gave Solomon wisdom and exceptional insight, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.
The Emphasized Bible
And God gave wisdom unto Solomon, and discernment, and very great largeness of heart, - like the sand that is on the shore of the sea:
Webster
And God gave Solomon great wisdom and understanding, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
World English Bible
God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.
Youngs Literal Translation
And God giveth wisdom to Solomon, and understanding, very much, and breadth of heart, as the sand that is on the edge of the sea;
Themes
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Liberality » Instances of » Solomon
the Sea » The shore of, covered with sand
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 4:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon's Wisdom: Literature, Zoology, Biology, Dendrology
28
They also brought barley and straw for the horses and beasts of burden unto the place where he was, each one according to his charge.
29 Now
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Cross References
1 Kings 3:12
behold, I have done according to thy words: behold, I have given thee a wise and understanding heart so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
1 Kings 4:20
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
Genesis 41:49
And Joseph gathered wheat as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.
Judges 7:12
And Midian and Amalek and all the sons of the east lay along in the valley like locusts in multitude, and their camels were not numbered as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
1 Kings 3:28
And all Israel heard of that judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to judge.
1 Kings 10:23-24
So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
2 Chronicles 1:10-12
Give me now wisdom and knowledge that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
Psalm 119:34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Proverbs 2:6
For the LORD gives wisdom; out of his mouth comes knowledge and intelligence.
Ecclesiastes 1:16
I communed with my own heart, saying, Behold, I am come to great estate and have gotten more wisdom than all those that have been before me in Jerusalem; and my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For God gives to the man that is good in his sight wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to the one that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Isaiah 60:5
Then thou shall see, and thou shall shine, and thine heart shall marvel, and be enlarged because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the strength of the Gentiles shall have come unto thee.
Jeremiah 33:22
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the seed of David my slave and the Levites that minister unto me.
Habakkuk 1:9
All of her shall come for the prey, before their faces an east wind, and they shall gather the captives as the sand.
James 1:5
And if any of you lacks wisdom, let them ask of God (who gives abundantly to all, and without reproach), and it shall be given them.
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning.
James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, modest, benevolent, full of mercy and of good fruits, not judgmental, unfeigned.