Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all
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,
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;
Themes
Egypt » Celebrated for » Literature
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 4:30
Verse Info
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
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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.