1 Kings 4:29
Modern Translations
New International Version
God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.

New Living Translation
God gave Solomon very great wisdom and understanding, and knowledge as vast as the sands of the seashore.

English Standard Version
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore,

Berean Study Bible
And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.

New American Standard Bible
Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore.

NASB 1995
Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore.

NASB 1977
Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore.

Amplified Bible
Now God gave Solomon [exceptional] wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand of the seashore.

Christian Standard Bible
God gave Solomon wisdom, very great insight, and understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God gave Solomon wisdom, very great insight, and understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon was brilliant. God had blessed him with insight and understanding.

Good News Translation
God gave Solomon unusual wisdom and insight, and knowledge too great to be measured.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God gave Solomon wisdom-keen insight and a mind as limitless as the sand on the seashore.

International Standard Version
God gave Solomon wisdom and great discernment. His insights were as numerous as sand on the seashore.

NET Bible
God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

New King James Version
And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore.

King James 2000 Bible
And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

New Heart English Bible
God gave Solomon wisdom and exceptional insight, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

World English Bible
God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

American King James Version
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

American Standard Version
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

A Faithful Version
And God gave Solomon exceeding great wisdom and understanding, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

Darby Bible Translation
And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

English Revised Version
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

Webster's Bible Translation
And God gave Solomon great wisdom and understanding, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And God gaue Salomon wisdome and vnderstanding exceeding much, & a large heart, euen as the sand that is on the sea shore,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And God gaue Solomon wysdome and vnderstanding exceeding much, and a large heart, euen as the sand that is on the sea shore.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And God gaue Salomon maruelous greate wysdome and vnderstondinge, and a large hert, as the sonde that lyeth vpon ye See shore:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And God gives very much wisdom and understanding to Solomon, and breadth of heart, as the sand that [is] on the edge of the sea;

Young's Literal Translation
And God giveth wisdom to Solomon, and understanding, very much, and breadth of heart, as the sand that is on the edge of the sea;

Smith's Literal Translation
And God will give wisdom to Solomon, and understanding exceeding much, and breadth of heart as the sand which is upon the lip of the sea.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And God gave to Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart as the sand that is on the sea shore.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And God gave wisdom to Solomon, and an exceedingly great prudence, and a spacious heart, like the sand which is on the shore of the sea.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And God gave to Solomon wisdom and understanding and greatness of heart in great abundance.

Lamsa Bible
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart,

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.
















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