Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

so that, the wisdom of Solomon, excelled, the wisdom of all the sons of the East, - and all the wisdom of the Egyptians,

New American Standard Bible

Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

King James Version

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Holman Bible

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

International Standard Version

Solomon was wiser than any of the eastern leaders and wiser than anyone in Egypt.

A Conservative Version

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

American Standard Version

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Amplified

Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Bible in Basic English

And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Darby Translation

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Julia Smith Translation

And the wisdom of Solomon will be multiplied above the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and above all the wisdom of Egypt

King James 2000

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The wisdom of Solomon was greater than the wisdom of all the people of [the] east and more than all the wisdom of Egypt.

Modern King James verseion

And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

so that Solomon's wisdom exceeded the wisdom of all them of the East country and all the wisdom of the Egyptians.

NET Bible

Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt.

New Heart English Bible

Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Webster

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

World English Bible

Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Youngs Literal Translation

and the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and than all the wisdom of Egypt;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁלמה 
Sh@lomoh 
Usage: 293

חכמה 
Chokmah 
Usage: 149

the wisdom
חכמה 
Chokmah 
Usage: 149

of the east country
קדמה קדם 
Qedem 
Usage: 87

and all the wisdom
חכמה 
Chokmah 
Usage: 149

References

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

Solomon's Wisdom: Literature, Zoology, Biology, Dendrology

29 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: 30 so that, the wisdom of Solomon, excelled, the wisdom of all the sons of the East, - and all the wisdom of the Egyptians, 31 so that he was wiser than any man - than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, sons of Mahol, - and it came to pass that, his name, was throughout all the nations round about.

Cross References

Acts 7:22

And, so Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his words and works.

Genesis 25:6

but, to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, - and then sent them away from Isaac his son while he himself yet lived, eastward unto the land of the east.

Job 1:3

And his substance was - seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a body of servants exceeding large, - thus was that man the greatest of all the sons of the East.

Isaiah 19:11-12

Surely, foolish, are the princes of Zoan, the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh, in counsel are brutish, - How can ye say unto Pharaoh, Son of the wise, am I Son of the kings of olden time?

Daniel 1:20

and, in any matter of wisdom and discernment as to which the king, enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the sacred scribes - the magicians, who were in all his realm.

Daniel 4:7

Then came in the sacred scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers, - and, the dream, told I before them, but, the interpretation, could they not make known to me.

Daniel 5:11-12

There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, and, in the days of thy father, light, and intelligence, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him, - and, King Nebuchadnezzar thy father, appointed him, chief of the sacred scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers, - thy father, O king!

Matthew 2:1

Now, when, Jesus, was born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, lo! wise men from eastern parts, came into Jerusalem:

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly enraged, - and sent and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its bounds, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men.

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