King James Version
2 Chronicles 9:7 in the King James Version says “Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.” — study this verse from 2 Chronicles chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.”
2 Chronicles 9:7 · KJV
And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: report: Heb. word acts: or, sayings
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave 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 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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