Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Happy are your wives and happy these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
Holman Bible
How happy are your men.
International Standard Version
How blessed are your staff! And how blessed are your employees, who serve you continually and get to listen to your wisdom!
A Conservative Version
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
American Standard Version
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
Amplified
Blessed and fortunate are your people, how blessed and fortunate are these servants of yours who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom!
Darby Translation
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee and hear thy wisdom!
Julia Smith Translation
Happy thy men, and happy thy servants, these standing before thee always, and hearing thy wisdom.
King James 2000
Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Blessed [are] your men, and blessed [are] these your servants who stand before you regularly and hear your wisdom!
Modern King James verseion
Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants who stand always before you and hear your wisdom.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants which stand before thee always and hear thy wisdom.
NET Bible
Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!
New Heart English Bible
Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
The Emphasized Bible
How happy! are thy men, and how happy! are these thy servants, - who are standing before thee continually, and hearing thy wisdom.
Webster
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
World English Bible
Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
Youngs Literal Translation
O the happiness of thy men, and the happiness of thy servants -- these -- who are standing before thee continually, and hearing thy wisdom.
Interlinear
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Tamiyd
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 9:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon And The Queen Of Sheba
6 But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and truly, word was not given me of half your great wisdom; you are much greater than they said. 7 Happy are your wives and happy these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom. 8 Praise be to the Lord your God whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of his kingdom to be king for the Lord your God: because, in his love for Israel, it was the purpose of your God to make them strong for ever, he made you king over them, to be their judge in righteousness.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:9
Who said of his father, Who is he? and of his mother, I have not seen her; he kept himself separate from his brothers and had no knowledge of his children: for they have given ear to your word and kept your agreement.
1 Kings 10:8
Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.
Psalm 27:4
One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.
Psalm 84:10-12
For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
Proverbs 3:3
Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;
Proverbs 3:14
For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.
Proverbs 8:34
Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.
Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.
Proverbs 13:20
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
Luke 10:39-42
And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.
Luke 11:28
But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.