Verse 29

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

Other Translations

• Norsk King James

  Og Gud gav Salomo mye visdom og forståelse, og storhet av hjertet, selv som sanden som er på havets bredde.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gud ga Salomo visdom, og stor innsikt med et vidt hjerte som sanden ved havets bredd.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og Gud ga Salomo visdom og meget stor forstand, og et vidt hjerte, som sanden ved havets bredd.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og Gud ga Salomo en overveldende visdom og innsikt, og et stort hjerte, som sanden ved sjøbrynet.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og Gud ga Salomo visdom og meget stor forstand, og et vidt hjerte, som sanden ved havets bredd.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Gud gav Salomo Viisdom og saare megen Forstand og et udbredt Hjerte som Sand, der er ved Havets Bred.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Gud ga Salomo stor visdom og innsikt, og et stort hjerte, som sanden på strandkanten.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Gud ga Salomo visdom og innsikt i rikt monn, og meget stor forståelse, omfangsrikt som sanden ved havets bredd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og Gud ga Salomo visdom og innsikt, i overflod, og hjerterom, som sanden ved havets kant;

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og Gud ga Salomo visdom og stor innsikt, og et hjerte så stort som sanden som er ved havets bredd.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og Gud ga Salomo en rikdom av visdom og godt vett, og et vidtfavnende sinn, like bredt som sanden ved havets bredd.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And God gaue Salomon maruelous greate wy?dome and vnderstondinge, and a large hert, as the sonde that lyeth vpon ye See shore:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And God gaue Salomon wisdome and vnderstanding exceeding much, & a large heart, euen as the sand that is on the sea shore,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And God gaue Solomon wysdome and vnderstanding exceeding much, and a large heart, euen as the sand that is on the sea shore.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And God giveth wisdom to Solomon, and understanding, very much, and breadth of heart, as the sand that `is' on the edge of the sea;

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.

• World English Bible (2000)

  God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.

Referenced Verses

• 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 Kgs 4:20 : 20 Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in numbers, eating and drinking and rejoicing.
• 1 Kgs 10:23-24 : 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 1:10-12 : 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.
• Ps 119:34 : 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
• Prov 2:6 : 6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
• Eccl 1:16 : 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.
• Eccl 2:26 : 26 For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
• Isa 60:5 : 5 Then you shall see and become radiant, and your heart shall fear and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall turn to you, the wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.
• Jer 33:22 : 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me.
• Hab 1:9 : 9 They all come for violence; their faces are set like the east wind, and they gather captives like sand.
• Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
• Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
• Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
• 1 Kgs 3:28 : 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.
• Gen 41:49 : 49 Joseph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.
• Judg 7:12 : 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay in the valley as numerous as locusts, and their camels were without number, as the sand by the seashore for multitude.