King James Version
1 Kings 10:8 in the King James Version says “Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.”
1 Kings 10:8 · KJV
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. report: Heb. word acts: or, sayings
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. thy: Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Happy”
H835happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“Happy”
H835happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
“which stand”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“continually”
H8548properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the re
“thee and that hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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