2 Chronicles 9:7

⁵ She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.

⁶ But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You 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!

⁸ Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”

⁹ Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices 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, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
WEB: Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom.
ASV: Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
DARBY: Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee and hear thy wisdom!
BLB: How blessed [are your men! And How blessed [are your servants, these who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom!

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

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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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Proverbs 3:14
for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
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Deuteronomy 33:9
He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
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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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Psalms 27:4
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
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Psalms 84:10–12
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
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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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Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
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