1KI 3:5 Parallel Verse View

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ULT At Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream that night. And God said, “Request! What should I give to you?”

UST That night, Yahweh appeared to him at Gibeon in a dream. He asked him, “What would you like me to give to you?”

BSB § One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

OEB In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night. And God said, ‘Ask what I shall give thee.’

WEB In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”

WMB In Gibeon, the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”

MSG ^(4-5)The king went to Gibeon, the most prestigious of the local shrines, to worship. He sacrificed a thousand Whole-Burnt-Offerings on that altar. That night, there in Gibeon, God appeared to Solomon in a dream: God said, “What can I give you? Ask.”

NET One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell me what I should give you.”

LSV YHWH has appeared to Solomon in Gibeon, in a dream of the night, and God says, “Ask—what do I give to you?”

FBV The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at Gibeon. God said to him, “Ask what you want me to give you.”

T4T That night, Yahweh appeared to him in a dream. He asked Solomon, “What would you like me to give to you?”

LEB Yahweh appeared to Solomon at Gibeon in a dream at night, and God said, “Ask what I should give to you.”

BBE In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.

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JPS In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said: 'Ask what I shall give thee.'

ASV In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

DRA And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.

YLT In Gibeon hath Jehovah appeared unto Solomon, in a dream of the night, and God saith, 'Ask — what do I give to thee?'

DBY In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and [fn]God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

3.5 Elohim

RV In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

WBS In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

KJB ¶ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

BB And in Gibeon the Lorde appeared to Solomon in a dreame by night, and God sayd: Aske what thou wilt, that I may geue it thee.
(And in Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dreame by night, and God said: Aske what thou/you wilt, that I may give it thee.)

GNV In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Salomon in a dreame by night: and God sayd, Aske what I shall giue thee.
(In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Salomon in a dreame by night: and God said, Aske what I shall give thee. )

CB And the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon at Gibeon in a dreame of the nighte, and God sayde: Axe what I shal geue ye.
(And the LORD appeared unto Salomon at Gibeon in a dreame of the night, and God said: Axe what I shall give ye.)

WYC Sotheli the Lord apperide to Salomon bi sleep in the nyyt, and seide, Axe thou `that, that thou wolt, that Y yyue to thee.
(Truly the Lord appeared to Salomon by sleep in the night, and said, Axe thou/you `that, that thou/you wolt, that I give to thee.)

LUT Und der HErr erschien Salomo zu Gibeon im Traum des Nachts; und GOtt sprach: Bitte, was ich dir geben soll!
(And the LORD appeared Salomo to Gibeon in_the Traum the Nachts; and God spoke: Bitte, was I you give soll!)

CLV Apparuit autem Dominus Salomoni per somnium nocte, dicens: Postula quod vis ut dem tibi.
(Apparuit however Master Salomoni per somnium nocte, dicens: Postula that you_want as dem tibi. )

BRN And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and the Lord said to Solomon, Ask some petition for thyself.

BrLXX Καὶ ὤφθη Κύριος τῷ Σαλωμὼν ἐν ὕπνῳ τὴν νύκτα, καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Σαλωμὼν, αἴτησαί τι αἴτημα σεαυτῷ.
(Kai ōfthaʸ Kurios tōi Salōmōn en hupnōi taʸn nukta, kai eipe Kurios pros Salōmōn, aitaʸsai ti aitaʸma seautōi. )

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

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