Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
New American Standard Bible
How
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!
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.
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
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 9:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon And The Queen Of Sheba
6 However I believed not their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me: for you exceed the fame that I heard. 7 Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom. 8 Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you to set you on his throne, to be king for the LORD your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore he made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:9
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant.
1 Kings 10:8
Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and that hear your 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 inquire in his temple.
Psalm 84:10-12
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I had 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 you: bind them about your neck; write them upon the table of your heart:
Proverbs 3:14
For the gain from it is better than the gain from silver, and the profit thereof than fine gold.
Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man that hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts 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 a 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, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.