8How happy your men must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!


In Context

5 the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the Lord , she was overwhelmed.

6 She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true.

7 But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I heard.

8 How happy your men must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!

9 Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord 's eternal love for Israel, he has made you king, to maintain justice and righteousness."

10 And she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

1st Kings 10:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:8Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy wisdom.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:8Blessed are thy men, and blessed are thy servants, who stand before thee always, and hear thy wisdom.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:8Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8Happy are thy men! happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, who hear thy wisdom!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:8Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8O the happiness of thy men, O the happiness of thy servants — these — who are standing before thee continually, who are hearing thy wisdom!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:8Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, which stand continually before you, and that hear your wisdom.