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1 Kings 4:30

SolomonEgypt
Wisdom

28 Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.

29 And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

31 He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.

32 Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

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BSB
Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
KJV
And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
WEB
Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
ASV
And Solomon`s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
DARBY
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
BLB
And the wisdom of Solomon was greater than the wisdom of all of the sons of the East, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
ÅB
Salomos visdom var større enn alle Østens barns visdom og all egypternes visdom.
OTB
Salomos visdom overgikk visdommen til alle folkene i øst, og all visdommen i Egypt.
B1930
Salomos visdom var større enn alle Østens barns visdom og all egypternes visdom.

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  • Daniel 5:11–12

    There 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,

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  • Genesis 25:6

    But 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.

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  • Acts 7:22

    So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

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  • Daniel 1:20

    In 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.

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  • Job 1:3

    and 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.

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  • Isaiah 19:11–12

    The 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”?

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  • Matthew 2:16

    When 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.

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  • Matthew 2:1

    After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

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