1KI 3:11 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) and told him, “Because you requested that and didn’t request a long life or riches for yourself, or requested the lives of your enemies, but you requested discernment for yourself when listening and dispensing justice,

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
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BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς αὐτὸν, ἀνθʼ ὧν ᾐτήσω παρʼ ἐμοῦ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, καὶ οὐκ ᾐτήσω σεαυτῷ ἡμέρας πολλὰς, καὶ οὐκ ᾐτήσω πλοῦτον, οὐδὲ ᾐτήσω ψυχὰς ἐχθρῶν σου, ἀλλʼ ᾐτήσω σεαυτῷ τοῦ συνιεῖν τοῦ εἰσακούειν κρίμα,
(Kai eipe Kurios pros auton, anthʼ hōn aʸtaʸsō parʼ emou to ɽaʸma touto, kai ouk aʸtaʸsō seautōi haʸmeras pollas, kai ouk aʸtaʸsō plouton, oude aʸtaʸsō psuⱪas eⱪthrōn sou, allʼ aʸtaʸsō seautōi tou suniein tou eisakouein krima, )

BrTr And the Lord said to him, Because thou hast asked this thing of me, and hast not asked for thyself [fn]long life, and hast not asked wealth, nor hast asked the lives of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to hear judgment;

ULT And God said to him, “Because you have requested this thing and you have not requested for yourself many days, and you have not requested riches for yourself, and you have not requested the life of your enemies, but you requested for yourself discerning to hear justice,

UST God said to him, “You did not request that you live for many years or that you become very rich or that you be able to kill all your enemies. Instead, you have requested that I enable you to be wise, in order that you will be able to know and to do what is right while you govern these people.

BSB So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—

OEB And God said to him, ‘Because thou hast asked this thing and hast not asked for thyself long life nor riches nor the life of thy enemies, but hast asked for thyself insight to discern justice;

WEBBE God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have you asked for riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET God said to him, “Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies,

LSV and God says to him, “Because that you have asked for this thing, and have not asked for many days for yourself, nor asked for riches for yourself, nor asked for the life of your enemies, and have asked for discernment for yourself to understand judgment,

FBV So God told him, “Because you asked for this, and you didn't ask for a long life, or wealth, or the death of your enemies, but instead you asked for understanding to know what is right,

T4T God said to him, “You did not request that you live for many years or that you become very rich or that you be able to kill all your enemies. Instead, you have requested that I enable you to be wise, in order that you will be able to know and to do what is right while you govern these people.

LEB And God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing and you did not ask for yourself a long life[fn] and you did not ask riches for yourself and you did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you have asked for yourself the ability to make wise judgments;[fn]

3:11 Literally “many days”

3:11 Literally “understanding to hear judgment”

BBE And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;

Moff No Moff 1KI book available

JPS And God said unto him: 'Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern justice;

ASV And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern justice;

DRA And the Lord said to Solomon: Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life or riches, nor the lives of thy enemies, but hast asked for thyself wisdom to discern judgment,

YLT and God saith unto him, 'Because that thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thee many days, nor asked for thee riches, nor asked the life of thine enemies, and hast asked for thee discernment to understand judgment,

Drby And [fn]God said to him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself discernment to understand judgment;

3.11 Elohim

RV And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

Wbstr And God said to him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thy enemies: but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

KJB-1769 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;[fn][fn]
(And God said unto him, Because thou/you hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself/yourself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself/yourself, nor hast asked the life of thine/your enemies; but hast asked for thyself/yourself understanding to discern judgement; )

3.11 long life: Heb. many days

3.11 discern: Heb. hear

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]And God said vnto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thy selfe long life, neither hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding to discerne iudgement;
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

3:11 Hebr. many dayes.

3:11 Hebr. to beare.

Bshps And God sayde vnto him: Thou hast not asked for thy selfe long lyfe, neither hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the lyfe of thy enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding & discretion in iudgement:
(And God said unto him: Thou hast not asked for thyself/yourself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself/yourself, nor hast asked the life of thy/your enemies, but hast asked for thyself/yourself understanding and discretion in judgement:)

Gnva And God sayde vnto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thy selfe long life, neyther hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding to heare iudgement,
(And God said unto him, Because thou/you hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself/yourself long life, neyther hast asked riches for thyself/yourself, nor hast asked the life of thine/your enemies, but hast asked for thyself/yourself understanding to hear judgement, )

Cvdl And God sayde vnto him: For so moch as thou axest this, and desyrest not longe lyfe, nether riches, nether ye soules of thine enemies, but vnderstodinge to heare iudgment,
(And God said unto him: For so much as thou/you axest this, and desyrest not long life, neither riches, neither ye/you_all souls of thine/your enemies, but understanding to hear judgement,)

Wycl And the Lord seide to Salomon, For thou axidist this word, and axidist not to thee many daies, nether richessis, nether the lyues of thin enemyes, but thou axidist to thee wisdom to deme doom, lo!
(And the Lord said to Salomon, For thou/you axidist this word, and axidist not to thee/you many days, neither richessis, neither the lives of thine/your enemies, but thou/you axidist to thee/you wisdom to deme doom, lo!)

Luth Und GOtt sprach zu ihm: Weil du solches bittest und bittest nicht um langes Leben, noch um Reichtum, noch um deiner Feinde SeeLE, sondern um Verstand, Gericht zu hören,
(And God spoke to him: Weil you such bittest and bittest not around/by/for langes Leben, still around/by/for Reichtum, still around/by/for deiner enemies SeeLE, rather around/by/for Verstand, Gericht to listenn,)

ClVg Et dixit Dominus Salomoni: Quia postulasti verbum hoc, et non petisti tibi dies multos, nec divitias, aut animas inimicorum tuorum, sed postulasti tibi sapientiam ad discernendum judicium:
(And he_said Master Salomoni: Because postulasti the_word hoc, and not/no petisti to_you days multos, but_not divitias, aut animas of_enemies tuorum, but postulasti to_you wisdom to discernendum yudicium: )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Solomon’s Wisdom

When God gave Solomon the opportunity to ask for anything he wanted, Solomon chose wisdom, so that he could “govern [God’s] people well and know the difference between right and wrong” (1 Kgs 3:9). In response to this unselfish choice, God granted the wisdom he desired (3:12) and the rewards of its proper use (3:13-14; 2 Chr 1:14-17).

Solomon’s subsequent behavior provided immediate evidence of his wisdom. He resolved an argument over a child with such insight that the people were “in awe of the king” (1 Kgs 3:16-28). Later, the queen of Sheba came to test him with difficult questions and found his wisdom exceeding all that she had heard about it (10:1-9). His administration (4:1-28), his diplomacy (5:1-9), his building projects (5:10–7:51), and his commerce (9:26-28; 10:14-29) all demonstrated his wisdom. Solomon accumulated vast knowledge (4:29-33) and wrote proverbs (much of the book of Proverbs), songs (Pss 72; 127), love poetry (the Song of Songs), and philosophical literature (Ecclesiastes). He used his wisdom to build the Temple (2 Chr 2:12), even as Bezalel had previously been endowed with wisdom to build the Tabernacle (Exod 31:1-3).

Jesus noted Solomon’s great wisdom and reminded his hearers that someone even greater than Solomon was among them (Matt 12:42). Jesus is the true wisdom of God in whom one can find ultimate wisdom (1 Cor 1:24). A life of wisdom is centered in Christ (1 Cor 1:18-25; Col 3:16; 2 Pet 3:18) and in Scripture (2 Tim 3:14-17).

Passages for Further Study

Exod 31:1-6; 1 Kgs 3:5-14; 3:16-28; 4:29-34; 5:2-7; 10:1-13; 2 Chr 1:7-12; Pss 72:1-20; 111:10; 127:1-5; Eccl 12:9-14; Isa 11:1-5; Jer 9:23-24; Matt 12:42; Jas 1:5

Parallel 1KI 3:11