1 Kings 3:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or record.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thy servant{H5650} is in the midst{H8432} of thy people{H5971} which thou hast chosen,{H977} a great{H7227} people,{H5971} that cannot be numbered{H4487} nor counted{H5608} for multitude.{H7230}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thy servant{H5650} is in the midst{H8432} of thy people{H5971} which thou hast chosen{H977}{(H8804)}, a great{H7227} people{H5971}, that cannot be numbered{H4487}{(H8735)} nor counted{H5608}{(H8735)} for multitude{H7230}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And thy seruaunt is amonge the people whom thou hast chosen: which is so greate, that no man can nombre them ner descrybe them for multitude.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And thy seruant is in the mids of thy people, which thou hast chosen, euen a great people which cannot be told nor nobred for multitude.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And thy seruaunt is in the middest of thy people which thou hast chosen: and veryly the people are so many, that they cannot be told nor nubred for multitude.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And thy servant [is] in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Thy servant `is' in the midst of thy people, whom Thou hast chosen, a people numerous, that is not numbered nor counted for multitude,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Your servant stands among your chosen people; they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your offspring be.
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;
  • Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also shall be numbered.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people; for all the earth is mine: 6 And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.
  • Deut 7:6-8 : 6 For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people: 8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
  • 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people.
  • 1 Chr 21:2 : 2 And David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people, Go, count Israel from Beersheba to Dan; and bring the count to me, that I may know it.
  • 1 Chr 21:5-6 : 5 And Joab gave the total of the people to David. And all Israel were a million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and Judah was four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew sword. 6 But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them: for the king's word was detestable to Joab.
  • 1 Chr 27:23-24 : 23 But David did not count those twenty years old and under, because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the heavens. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah started to count, but he did not finish, because wrath fell for it against Israel; neither was the number entered in the account of the chronicles of king David.
  • Ps 78:71 : 71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

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    9 Therefore give your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil: for who is able to judge this your great people?

    10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

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    6 And Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great mercy, as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

    7 And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

  • 2 Chr 1:8-12
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    8 And Solomon said to God, You have shown great mercy to David my father, and have made me to reign in his place.

    9 Now, O LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

    10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this your people, that is so great?

    11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of your enemies, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king:

    12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before you, neither shall any after you have the like.

  • 1 Kgs 3:12-13
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    12 Behold, I have done according to your words: lo, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like you before you, nor shall any arise like unto you.

    13 And I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto you all your days.

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    17 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O God; for you have also spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.

    18 What can David say more to you for the honor of your servant? for you know your servant.

    19 O LORD, for your servant's sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.

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    8 Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.

    9 Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.

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    19 And this was yet a small thing in your sight, O Lord GOD; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?

    20 And what can David say more to you? for you, Lord GOD, know your servant.

    21 For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, you have done all these great things, to make your servant know them.

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    52 That your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them in all that they call for to you.

    53 For you separated them from among all the people of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by the hand of Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.

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    7 Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom."

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    20 And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

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    7 Now therefore thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepfold, even from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over my people Israel:

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    10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are today as the stars of heaven in multitude.

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    24 Who have kept with your servant David my father what you promised him: you also spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.

    25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only your children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as you have walked before me.

    26 And now, O God of Israel, let your word, I pray you, be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

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    1 Furthermore, King David said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

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    8 Now therefore, so shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

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    10 Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand.

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    28 Yet have respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer, which your servant prays before you today:

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    25 For you, O my God, have told your servant that you will build him a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray before you.

    26 And now, LORD, you are God, and have promised this goodness to your servant:

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    27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown it to your servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

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    3 And Joab said to the king, Now the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, a hundredfold, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

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    6 For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

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    12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.

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    24 O Lord GOD, you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand; for what God is there in heaven or on earth who can do according to your works and according to your might?

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    15 You who have kept with your servant David my father what you promised him; and spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.

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    25 And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you have said.

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