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1 Kings 4:30

SolomonEgypt
Wisdom

28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were 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 thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

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  • Genesis 25:6

    But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

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  • Acts 7:22

    And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

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  • Daniel 1:20

    And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

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  • Job 1:3

    His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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  • Isaiah 19:11–12

    Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

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  • Matthew 2:16

    Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

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  • Matthew 2:1

    Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

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