1 Kings 10:8
Modern Translations
New International Version
How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!

New Living Translation
How happy your people must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, listening to your wisdom!

English Standard Version
Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!

Berean Study Bible
How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

New American Standard Bible
Blessed are your men, and blessed are these servants of yours who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom!

NASB 1995
"How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom.

NASB 1977
“How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom.

Amplified Bible
How blessed (fortunate, happy) are your men! How blessed are these your servants who stand continually before you, hearing your wisdom!

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
How happy are your men. How happy are these servants of yours, who always stand in your presence hearing your wisdom.

Contemporary English Version
Your wives and officials are lucky to be here where they can listen to the wise things you say.

Good News Translation
How fortunate are your wives! And how fortunate your servants, who are always in your presence and are privileged to hear your wise sayings!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
How blessed your men must be! How blessed these servants of yours must be because they are always stationed in front of you, listening to your wisdom!

International Standard Version
How blessed are your staff! And how blessed are your employees, who serve you continuously and get to listen to your wisdom!

NET Bible
Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

New King James Version
Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

King James 2000 Bible
Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and that hear your wisdom.

New Heart English Bible
Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

World English Bible
Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

American King James Version
Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, which stand continually before you, and that hear your wisdom.

American Standard Version
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

A Faithful Version
Happy are your men, happy are these who are your servants, who stand always before you, and who hear your wisdom.

Darby Bible Translation
Happy are thy men! happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, who hear thy wisdom!

English Revised Version
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

Webster's Bible Translation
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Happy are the men, happie are these thy seruants, which stande euer before thee, and heare thy wisedome.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy seruauntes whiche stand euer before thee, and heare thy wysdome.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Happye are thy people and thy seruauntes, that allwaie stonde before the, and heare thy wysdome.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
O the blessedness of your men, O the blessedness of your servants—these—who are standing before you continually, who are hearing your wisdom!

Young's Literal Translation
O the happiness of thy men, O the happiness of thy servants -- these -- who are standing before thee continually, who are hearing thy wisdom!

Smith's Literal Translation
Happy thy men, happy these thy servants, standing before thee continually, hearing thy wisdom.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed are thy men, and blessed are thy servants, who stand before thee always, and hear thy wisdom.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Blessed are your men, and blessed are your servants, who stand before you always, and who hear your wisdom.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Blessed are your wives; blessed are your Servants, these who stand before you constantly and are hearing your wisdom.

Lamsa Bible
Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Blessed are thy wives, blessed are these thy servants who stand before thee continually, who hear all thy wisdom.
















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