Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
Parallel translations
- KJV Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
- BSB How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
- ESV Happy are your men! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
- NKJV Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
- NASB How blessed are your men, how blessed are these servants of yours, who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom!
- NLT How happy your people must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, listening to your wisdom!
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- 1 Kgs 10:8Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.
- Prov 8:34Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
- Deut 33:9He said of his father, and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him.’ He didn’t acknowledge his brothers, nor did he know his own children; for they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.
- Prov 3:3Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
- Ps 84:10–12For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- Prov 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
- Luke 11:28But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
- Prov 3:14For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.
- Luke 10:39–42She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
- Prov 13:20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- Ps 27:4One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
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