Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.
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Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.
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Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
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Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to 1 Kings 10:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 8:34 Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
- Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
- Luke 11:31 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.
- 2 Chronicles 9:7-8 Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom. Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your God; because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever. Therefore he made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”
- Proverbs 3:13-14 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.
- Proverbs 13:20 One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- Luke 10:39-42 She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me.” Jesus answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”
- Luke 11:28 But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain But much more happy are they, which hear the…
But much more happy are they, which hear the wisdom of God revealed in his word.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 10:8 Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these…
1Ki 10:8 Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy wisdom.
Ver. 8. Happy are thy men.] How happy then are those heavenly courtiers that continually see Christ’s face, hear his voice, &c. Sulla called himself happy, because victorious. Henry I of France took unto himself the title of Tres-heureuse Roy, the thrice happy king; but was soon after confuted, as coming to an untimely end. The happiness of those in heaven, as it is unutterable, so it is unalterable.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Happy are thy men,.... The men of Israel, that…
Happy are thy men,.... The men of Israel, that had a king over them so wise, so great, so good:
happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom; who were now present, and to whom she pointed, and may respect not his nobles and courtiers only, but his menial servants, who had an opportunity of often hearing the wise sayings which dropped from his lips; and which no doubt were means of greatly improving their knowledge and understanding in things natural and divine.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Happy, &c. - With much more reason may we…
Happy, &c. - With much more reason may we say this of Christ's servants: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be always praising thee.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. Happy are thy men] All these are…
Verse 8. Happy are thy men] All these are very natural expressions from a person in her state of mind.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. Happy are thy men] The LXX. reads here…
8. Happy are thy men] The LXX. reads here μακάριαι αἱ γυναῖκές σου, having read נשׁיך ‘thy wives’ instead of אנשׁיך ‘thy men.’ The Syriac and Arabic versions have the same variation.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Howbeit, I believed not the words "Fame, as it…
Howbeit, I believed not the words "Fame, as it is always a blab, so ofttimes a liar" (Bp. Hall) until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and behold, the half was not told me; thy wisdom and prosperity exceeded the fame Heb. thou hast added wisdom and good to the report which I heard. Happy Heb. O the happiness, as in Psa_1:1 Psa_2:12 Psa_33:12, etc. are thy men LXX wives, gunaikev); happy are thy servants, which stand continually before thee , (see on 1Ki_1:2) and that hear thy wisdom.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 who constantly stand before you
who constantly stand before you
This is an idiom. AT: "who are always in your presence waiting to serve you" (See: Idiom)
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May Yahweh your God be praised
This can be stated in active form. AT: "May people praise Yahweh your God" (See: Active or Passive)
who placed you on the throne of Israel
The throne is a metonym for the king who sits on it. AT: "who made you king of Israel" (See: Metonymy)
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bless
servant
Yahweh
God
praise
throne
Israel
love
eternity
just
righteous
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