1 Kings 4:32
What does 1 Kings 4:32 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 4:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs <FI>are<Fi> five, and the chief one;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Solomon also spoke three thousand parables: and his poems were a thousand and five.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
Context
v.31For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations round about.
v.32This passage
v.33And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
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