1 Kings 4:34
New International Version
From all nations people came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.

New Living Translation
And kings from every nation sent their ambassadors to listen to the wisdom of Solomon.

English Standard Version
And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

Berean Standard Bible
So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

King James Bible
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

New King James Version
And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.

New American Standard Bible
People came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

NASB 1995
Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

NASB 1977
And men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

Legacy Standard Bible
And men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

Amplified Bible
People came from all the peoples (nations) to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

Christian Standard Bible
Emissaries of all peoples, sent by every king on earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
People came from everywhere, sent by every king on earth who had heard of his wisdom, to listen to Solomon’s wisdom.

American Standard Version
And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they were coming from all of the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the Kings of the Earth, and he was receiving gifts from all the Kings of the Earth who heard his wisdom.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And all the nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and ambassadors from all the kings of the earth, as many as heard of his wisdom. And Solomon took to himself the daughter of Pharao to wife, and brought her into the city of David until he had finished the house of the Lord, and his own house, and the wall of Jerusalem. Then went up Pharao the king of Egypt, and took Gazer, and burnt it and the Chananite dwelling in Mergab; and Pharao gave them as a dowry to his daughter the wife of Solomon: and Solomon rebuilt Gazer.

Contemporary English Version
Kings all over the world heard about Solomon's wisdom and sent people to listen to him teach.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they came from all nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who heard of his wisdom.

English Revised Version
And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
People came from every nation to hear his wisdom; they came from all the kings of the earth who had heard about his wisdom.

Good News Translation
Kings all over the world heard of his wisdom and sent people to listen to him.

International Standard Version
People came from everywhere to hear Solomon's advice. Every king on the earth heard of his wisdom.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

Literal Standard Version
and there come out [those] of all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who have heard of his wisdom.

Majority Standard Bible
So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

New American Bible
People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

NET Bible
People from all nations came to hear Solomon's display of wisdom; they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.

New Revised Standard Version
People came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon; they came from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

New Heart English Bible
There came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

Webster's Bible Translation
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

World English Bible
People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

Young's Literal Translation
and there come out of all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who have heard of his wisdom.

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Context
Solomon's Wisdom
33He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish. 34So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

Cross References
1 Kings 4:33
He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

1 Kings 10:1
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.

2 Chronicles 9:23
All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.


Treasury of Scripture

And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

1 Kings 10:1
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

2 Chronicles 9:1,23
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart…

Isaiah 2:2
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

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Verse 34. - And there came of all people [Heb. the peoples, nations] to hear the wisdom of Solomon [1 Kings 10:1], from all the kings of the earth [i.e., messengers, ambassadors, as in the next chapter], which had heard of his wisdom.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So men of all
מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

nations
הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים (hā·‘am·mîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

came
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to listen
שָׁמְע֖וּ (šā·mə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

to Solomon’s
שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

wisdom,
חָכְמָתֽוֹ׃ (ḥā·ḵə·mā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2451: Wisdom

sent by all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the kings
מַלְכֵ֣י (mal·ḵê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of the earth
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

when they heard
לִשְׁמֹ֕עַ (liš·mō·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

of his wisdom.
חָכְמַ֣ת (ḥā·ḵə·maṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2451: Wisdom


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