1 Kings 4:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For he was wiser{H2449} than all men;{H120} than Ethan{H387} the Ezrahite,{H250} and Heman,{H1968} and Calcol,{H3633} and Darda,{H1862} the sons{H1121} of Mahol:{H4235} and his fame{H8034} was in all the nations{H1471} round about.{H5439}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For he was wiser{H2449}{(H8799)} than all men{H120}; than Ethan{H387} the Ezrahite{H250}, and Heman{H1968}, and Chalcol{H3633}, and Darda{H1862}, the sons{H1121} of Mahol{H4235}: and his fame{H8034} was in all nations{H1471} round about{H5439}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And he was wyser then all men, yee wyser then Ethan the Esrahite, Heman, Chalcal, and Darda, the sonnes of Mahol: and had a greate name amonge all the Heythe on euery syde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For he was wiser then any man: yea, then were Ethan the Ezrahite, the Heman, then Chalcol, then Darda the sonnes of Mahol: and he was famous throughout all nations round about.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For he was wiser then al men, yea then Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda the sonnes of Mahol: And his name was spoken of throughout all nations on euery syde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and he is wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol, and his name is in all the nations round about.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He was wiser than any man, including Ethan the Ezrahite or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He was famous in all the neighboring nations.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 2:6 : 6 And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.
  • 1 Chr 15:19 : 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
  • 1 Kgs 3:12 : 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.
  • 1 Chr 6:33 : 33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
  • Ps 89:1-9 : 1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; your faithfulness you shall establish in the very heavens. 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant, 4 Your seed I will establish forever, and build up your throne to all generations. Selah. 5 And the heavens shall praise your wonders, O LORD; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints. 6 For who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD? 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be held in reverence by all those around Him. 8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like you? Or to your faithfulness around you? 9 You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them. 10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; you have scattered your enemies with your strong arm. 11 The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours; as for the world and all its fullness, you have founded them. 12 The north and the south you have created them; Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name. 13 You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, and high is your right hand. 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of your throne; mercy and truth shall go before your face. 15 Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound; they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance. 16 In your name they shall rejoice all the day; and in your righteousness they shall be exalted. 17 For you are the glory of their strength, and in your favor our horn shall be exalted. 18 For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. 19 Then you spoke in a vision to your holy one, and said, I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. 20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him: 21 With whom my hand shall be established; my arm also shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact from him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague those who hate him. 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him, and in my name his horn shall be exalted. 25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 26 He shall cry to me, You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. 27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. 28 My mercy I will keep for him forevermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also I will make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 30 If his children forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments; 31 If they break my statutes and do not keep my commandments; 32 Then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David. 36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established forever like the moon, and like a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. 38 But you have cast off and abhorred, you have been furious with your anointed. 39 You have made void the covenant of your servant; you have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. 40 You have broken down all his hedges; you have brought his strongholds to ruin. 41 All who pass by the way plunder him; he is a reproach to his neighbors. 42 You have set up the right hand of his adversaries; you have made all his enemies rejoice. 43 You have also turned the edge of his sword, and have not sustained him in the battle. 44 You have made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. 45 The days of his youth you have shortened; you have covered him with shame. Selah. 46 How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Shall your wrath burn like fire? 47 Remember how short my time is; why have you made all men in vain? 48 What man can live and not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah. 49 Lord, where are your former lovingkindnesses, which you swore to David in your truth? 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants; how I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; 51 With which your enemies have reproached, O LORD, with which they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed. 52 Blessed be the LORD forevermore. Amen and Amen.
  • Matt 12:42 : 42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
  • Luke 11:31 : 31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
  • Col 2:3 : 3 In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • Matt 4:24 : 24 And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were possessed with devils, and those who were lunatic, and those that had palsy; and he healed them.
  • 1 Chr 15:17 : 17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and from his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
  • 2 Chr 9:23 : 23 All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
  • Ps 88:1 : 1 O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you;
  • 1 Kgs 5:7 : 7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, Blessed be the LORD today, who has given David a wise son over this great people.
  • 1 Kgs 10:1 : 1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
  • 1 Kgs 10:6 : 6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts and of your wisdom.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart, like the sand on the seashore.

    30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the East, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 4:32-34
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    32 And he spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five.

    33 And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he also spoke of beasts, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.

    34 And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

  • 1 Kgs 10:23-24
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    77%

    23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

    24 And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

  • 2 Chr 9:22-23
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    22 King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

    23 All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

  • 1 Kgs 10:3-4
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    3 And Solomon answered all her questions: there was nothing hidden from the king, which he did not tell her.

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  • Eccl 2:9
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    9 So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also, my wisdom remained with me.

  • Eccl 1:16
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    16 I communed with my own heart, saying, Look, I have attained great stature, and gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem: yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

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    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?

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    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.

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    7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, Blessed be the LORD today, who has given David a wise son over this great people.

  • 2 Chr 9:1-3
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    1 When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to test Solomon with difficult questions at Jerusalem, with a very large entourage, camels carrying spices, a great quantity of gold, and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about everything in her heart.

    2 And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was hidden from Solomon that he did not explain to her.

    3 When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon and the house he had built,

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    1 So King Solomon was king over all Israel.

  • 1 Chr 29:25
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    25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

  • Prov 1:1-2
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    67%

    1 The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel;

    2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

  • 1 Kgs 11:41
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    41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

  • 1 Kgs 3:12
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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.

  • Prov 25:1
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    1 These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

  • 2 Chr 1:1-2
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    1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

    2 Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

  • 1 Kgs 3:28
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    28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had made; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19 Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten mighty men in the city.

  • Eccl 4:3
    66%

    3 Yes, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • 1 Kgs 4:21
    66%

    21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life.

  • Eccl 4:13
    66%

    13 Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who will not be admonished anymore.

  • Eccl 2:16
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    16 For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.

  • Prov 3:13
    65%

    13 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

  • Eccl 9:16
    65%

    16 Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength; nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

  • Luke 11:31
    65%

    31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

  • Prov 30:24
    65%

    24 There are four things which are small on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

  • Eccl 2:13
    65%

    13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly just as light excels darkness.

  • Prov 8:11
    65%

    11 For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired cannot compare to it.

  • 2 Chr 2:12
    65%

    12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to King David a wise son, endowed with prudence and understanding, that might build a house for the LORD, and a house for his kingdom.

  • Eccl 12:9
    65%

    9 Moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

  • 1 Kgs 5:12
    65%

    12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He promised, and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two made a covenant together.

  • 1 Chr 25:5
    65%

    5 All these were the sons of Heman, the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt the horn. And God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

  • Eccl 1:12-13
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    65%

    12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

    13 And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this difficult task God has given to the children of man to be engaged with.

  • Eccl 9:13
    65%

    13 This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:

  • Eccl 1:1
    65%

    1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

  • Dan 1:20
    65%

    20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm.