1 Kings 10:23
King James Version (KJV)
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
In context
21 And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
1 Kings 10:23 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
- WEB World English Bible
- So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
- ASV American Standard Version
- So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And king Solomon is greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
- WBS Webster Bible
- So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.