Parallel Verses

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.

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,

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

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Context Readings

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

29 And God gave Solomon exceedingly great wisdom and intelligence and magnanimity of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. 30 Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan, the Ezrahite, and Heman and Chalcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he was named in all nations round about.

Cross References

Acts 7:22

And Moses was taught in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was mighty in his words and deeds.

Genesis 25:6

But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

Job 1:3

His substance was seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she asses, and a very great store of servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

Isaiah 19:11-12

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; the counsel of the prudent counsellors of Pharaoh is become carnal; how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of the ancient kings?

Daniel 1:20

And in all matters of wisdom and intelligence, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

Daniel 4:7

Then the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the fortune-tellers came in and I told the dream before them; but they never showed me its interpretation.

Daniel 5:11-12

There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom lives the spirit of the holy God; and in the days of thy father light and intelligence and wisdom, like the knowledge of God, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar, thy father, made prince over all the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and fortune-tellers; thus did thy father, the king,

Matthew 2:1

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth and sent forth and killed all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had understood of the wise men.

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