Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom.

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. How happy are these servants of yours, who always stand in your presence hearing your wisdom.

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!

Bible in Basic English

Happy are your wives and happy these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אשׁר 
'esher 
Usage: 45

אנושׁ 
'enowsh 
Usage: 42

and happy
אשׁר 
'esher 
Usage: 45

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

References

Morish

Verse Info

Context Readings

Solomon And The Queen Of Sheba

6 but I did not believe their words until I came, and my eyes had seen it, and, behold, not even the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was told me, for thou dost exceed the fame that I heard. 7 How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom. 8 The LORD thy God be blessed, who delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore, he made thee king over them, to do judgment and righteousness.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:9

who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen them; neither did he acknowledge his brethren nor know his own children; therefore, they shall keep thy word and guard thy covenant.

1 Kings 10:8

Blessed are thy men, blessed are these thy slaves, who stand continually before thee and that hear thy wisdom.

Psalm 27:4

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the LORD and to enquire in his temple.

Psalm 84:10-12

for a day in thy courts is better than a thousand outside of them. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Proverbs 3:3

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck; write them upon the tablet of thine heart:

Proverbs 3:14

for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver and the fruits thereof more than fine gold.

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed is the man that hears me, keeping vigil at my gates, waiting at the threshold of my doors.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

Proverbs 13:20

He that walks with wise men shall be wise, but the companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Luke 10:39-42

And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard his word.

Luke 11:28

But he said, Rather, blessed are those that hear the word of God and keep it.

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