1 Kings 10:8

⁶ She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and 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 to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.

How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

⁹ Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

¹⁰ Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
KJV: Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
WEB: Happy are your men, happy are these your servants who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.
ASV: Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy wisdom.
DARBY: Happy are thy men! happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, who hear thy wisdom!
BLB: Blessed [are] your men! Blessed [are] your servants, these who stand before you continually hearing your wisdom!

ÅB: Lykkelige er dine menn, lykkelige disse dine tjenere som alltid står for ditt åsyn og hører din visdom.
OTB: Velsignet er dine menn, velsignet er disse tjenerne som står foran deg hele tiden og hører din visdom.
B1930: Lykkelige er dine menn, lykkelige disse dine tjenere som alltid står for ditt åsyn og hører din visdom.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
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Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
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Luke 11:31
The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
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Proverbs 3:13–14
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
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2 Chronicles 9:7–8
How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
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Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
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Luke 10:39–42
She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
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Luke 11:28
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
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