1KI 3:8 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ὁ δὲ δοῦλός σου ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ σου, ὃν ἐξελέξω, λαὸν πολὺν, ὃς οὐκ ἀριθμηθήσεται.
(Ho de doulos sou en mesōi tou laou sou, hon exelexō, laon polun, hos ouk arithmaʸthaʸsetai. )

BrTr But thy servant is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen, a great people, which [fn]cannot be numbered.

ULT And your servant is in the midst of your people, whom you have chosen, a numerous people who can not be numbered and can not be counted because of abundance.

UST I live among the people whom you have chosen. They are a very large group of people. There are very, very many of them; no one can count them.

BSB Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.

OEB And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people too numerous to be numbered or counted.

WEBBE Your servant is amongst your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can’t be numbered or counted for multitude.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Your servant stands among your chosen people; they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.

LSV and Your servant [is] in the midst of your people, whom You have chosen, a people numerous, that is not numbered nor counted for multitude,

FBV I, your servant, am here in among your chosen people, a great people that are so many they cannot be counted.

T4T I am here among the people whom you have chosen. They are a very large group of people; there are very, very many of them, with the result that no one can count them [DOU].

LEB Your servant is in the middle of your people whom you have chosen; a great people who cannot be counted or numbered because of abundance.

BBE And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.

Moff No Moff 1KI book available

JPS And Thy servant is in the midst of Thy people which Thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

ASV And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

DRA And thy servant is in the midst of the people which thou hast chosen, an immense people, which cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

YLT and Thy servant [is] in the midst of thy people, whom Thou hast chosen, a people numerous, that is not numbered nor counted for multitude,

Drby And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

RV And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

Wbstr And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

KJB-1769 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
(And thy/your servant is in the midst of thy/your people which thou/you hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. )

KJB-1611 And thy seruant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbred, nor counted for multitude.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And thy seruaunt is in the middest of thy people which thou hast chosen: and veryly the people are so many, that they cannot be told nor nubred for multitude.
(And thy/your servant is in the midst of thy/your people which thou/you hast chosen: and verily/truly the people are so many, that they cannot be told nor nubred for multitude.)

Gnva And thy seruant is in the mids of thy people, which thou hast chosen, euen a great people which cannot be told nor nobred for multitude.
(And thy/your servant is in the midst of thy/your people, which thou/you hast chosen, even a great people which cannot be told nor nobred for multitude. )

Cvdl And thy seruaunt is amonge the people whom thou hast chosen: which is so greate, that no man can nombre them ner descrybe them for multitude.
(And thy/your servant is among the people whom thou/you hast chosen: which is so greate, that no man can number them nor descrybe them for multitude.)

Wycl And thi seruaunt is in the myddis of the puple, which thou hast chose, of puple with outen noumbre, that may not be noumbrid and rikened, for multitude.
(And thy/your servant is in the midst of the people, which thou/you hast chose, of people without number, that may not be noumbrid and rikened, for multitude.)

Luth Und dein Knecht ist unter dem Volk, das du erwählet hast, so groß, daß es niemand zählen noch beschreiben kann vor der Menge.
(And your Knecht is under to_him people, the you chosen hast, so groß, that it no_one zählen still beschreiben kann before/in_front_of the/of_the Menge.)

ClVg Et servus tuus in medio est populi quem elegisti, populi infiniti, qui numerari et supputari non potest præ multitudine.
(And servus tuus in in_the_middle it_is of_the_people which elegisti, of_the_people infiniti, who numerari and supputari not/no potest præ multitudine. )

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 3:8