7How happy your men must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!


In Context

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

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

6 But I did not believe what they said until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half the greatness of your wisdom was told me; you have far exceeded the report I heard.

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

8 Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king to rule for the Lord your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness."

9 Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

2nd Chronicles 9:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Happy [are] thy men, and happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Happy are thy men, and happy are thy servants, who stand always before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee and hear thy wisdom!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7O the happiness of thy men, and the happiness of thy servants — these — who are standing before thee continually, and hearing thy wisdom.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, which stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.