Parallel Verses

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

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.

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

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

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

29 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. 30 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 31 And he will be wise above all men; above Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Chalcol and Darda, sons of Mahol: and his name will be in all the nations round about

Cross References

Acts 7:22

And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was powerful in words and in works.

Genesis 25:6

And to the sons of the concubines which were to Abraham, Abraham gave gifts, and he will send them away from Isaak his son (in his yet living) from the east to the east land.

Job 1:3

And his possession will be seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pair of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and service exceedingly much; and that man shall be great above all the sons of the east.

Isaiah 19:11-12

Also the chiefs of Zoan are foolish, the wise counseling Pharaoh the counsel became brutish: how shall ye say to Pharaoh, I the son of the wise, the son of kings of old?

Daniel 1:20

And every word of the wisdom of understanding which the king sought from them, and he will find them ten hands over all the sacred scribes, the enchanters which were in all his kingdom.

Daniel 4:7

At that time the sacred scribes, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners, coming in: and I told the dream before them: and its interpretation they making not known to me.

Daniel 5:11-12

There is a man in thy kingdom that the spirit of the holy gods in him; and in the days of thy father, his light and his understanding and wisdom according to the wisdom of the gods was found in him; and king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king thy father, set him up leader of the sacred scribes, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, the diviners:

Matthew 2:1

And Jesus born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold the magi from the sunrisings arrived in Jerusalem, saying:

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, seeing he was deluded by the magi, was very angry, and having sent, destroyed all the children which in Bethlehem, and in all its bounds, from two years and under, according to the time he examined thoroughly of the magi.

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