1 Kings 10:8
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New International Version (©2011)
How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!

New Living Translation (©2007)
How happy your people must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, listening to your wisdom!

English Standard Version (©2001)
Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
How happy are your men. How happy are these servants of yours, who always stand in your presence hearing your wisdom.

International Standard Version (©2012)
How blessed are your staff! And how blessed are your employees, who serve you continuously and get to listen to your wisdom!

NET Bible (©2006)
Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
How blessed your men must be! How blessed these servants of yours must be because they are always stationed in front of you, listening to your wisdom!

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and that hear your wisdom.

American King James Version
Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, which stand continually before you, and that hear your wisdom.

American Standard Version
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed are thy men, and blessed are thy servants, who stand before thee always, and hear thy wisdom.

Darby Bible Translation
Happy are thy men! happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, who hear thy wisdom!

English Revised Version
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

Webster's Bible Translation
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

World English Bible
Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

Young's Literal Translation
O the happiness of thy men, O the happiness of thy servants -- these -- who are standing before thee continually, who are hearing thy wisdom!

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

10:1-13 The queen of Sheba came to Solomon to hear his wisdom, thereby to improve her own. Our Saviour mentions her inquiries after God, by Solomon, as showing the stupidity of those who inquire not after God, by our Lord Jesus Christ. By waiting and prayer, by diligently searching the Scriptures, by consulting wise and experienced Christians, and by practising what we have learned, we shall be delivered from difficulties. Solomon's wisdom made more impression upon the queen of Sheba than all his prosperity and grandeur. There is a spiritual excellence in heavenly things, and in consistent Christians, to which no reports can do justice. Here the truth exceeded; and all who, through grace, are brought to commune with God, will say the one half was not told them of the pleasures and the advantages of wisdom's ways. Glorified saints, much more, will say of heaven, that the thousandth part was not told them, 1Co 2:9. She pronounced them happy that constantly attended Solomon. With much more reason may we say of Christ's servants, Blessed are they that dwell in his house; they will be still praising him. She made a noble present to Solomon. What we present to Christ, he needs not, but will have us do so to express our gratitude. The believer who has been with Jesus, will return to his station, discharge his duties with readiness, and from better motives; looking forward to the day when, being absent from the body, he shall be present with the Lord.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 8. - Happy [Heb. O the happiness, as in Psalm 1:1; Psalm 2:12; Psalm 33:12, etc.] are thy men [LXX. wives, γυνᾶικες]; happy are thy servants, which stand continually before thee [see on 1 Kings 1:2], and that hear thy wisdom.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Happy are thy men,.... The men of Israel, that had a king over them so wise, so great, so good:

happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom; who were now present, and to whom she pointed, and may respect not his nobles and courtiers only, but his menial servants, who had an opportunity of often hearing the wise sayings which dropped from his lips; and which no doubt were means of greatly improving their knowledge and understanding in things natural and divine.

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The Queen of Sheba
…7However, I believed not the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: your wisdom and prosperity exceeds the fame which I heard. 8Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, which stand continually before you, and that hear your wisdom. 9Blessed be the LORD your God, which delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he you king, to do judgment and justice. …

1 Kings 10:7 But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I heard.
Proverbs 8:34 Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.
Proverbs 22:29 Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.
Jeremiah 40:10 I myself will stay at Mizpah to represent you before the Babylonians who come to us, but you are to harvest the wine, summer fruit and olive oil, and put them in your storage jars, and live in the towns you have taken over."