1 Kings 4:30
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.”
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“Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and than all the wisdom of Egypt;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 4:30 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 25:6But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
- Job 1:3and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
- Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- Daniel 1:20In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.
- Daniel 4:7When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.
- Daniel 5:11There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,
- Matthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
- Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
- Acts 7:22So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
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