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1 Kings 3:8
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.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Your servant is among your people you have chosen, a people too many to be numbered or counted.
Your servant is among your people you have chosen, a people too many to be numbered or counted.
Hebrew Names Version
Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude.
King James Version
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 servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
English Standard Version
And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be numbered or counted for multitude.
And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be numbered or counted for multitude.
New Century Version
I, your servant, am here among your chosen people, and there are too many of them to count.
I, your servant, am here among your chosen people, and there are too many of them to count.
New English Translation
Your servant stands among your chosen people; they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.
Your servant stands among your chosen people; they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.
Amplified Bible
"Your servant is among Your people whom You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted.
"Your servant is among Your people whom You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted.
New American Standard Bible
"And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted.
"And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted.
Geneva Bible (1587)
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 seruant is in the mids of thy people, which thou hast chosen, euen a great people which cannot be told nor nobred for multitude.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Your slave is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, a numerous people who are too many to be numbered or counted.
And Your slave is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, a numerous people who are too many to be numbered or counted.
Contemporary English Version
And now I must rule your chosen people, even though there are too many of them to count.
And now I must rule your chosen people, even though there are too many of them to count.
Complete Jewish Bible
Moreover your servant is among your people, whom you chose, a great people so numerous that they cannot be counted.
Moreover your servant is among your people, whom you chose, a great people so numerous that they cannot be counted.
Darby Translation
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 servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Easy-to-Read Version
I am your servant here among your chosen people. There are so many that they cannot be counted.
I am your servant here among your chosen people. There are so many that they cannot be counted.
George Lamsa Translation
A great people that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
A great people that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Good News Translation
Here I am among the people you have chosen to be your own, a people who are so many that they cannot be counted.
Here I am among the people you have chosen to be your own, a people who are so many that they cannot be counted.
Lexham English Bible
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.
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.
Literal Translation
And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a numerous people that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude.
And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a numerous people that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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 seruaunt is amonge the people whom thou hast chosen: which is so greate, that no man can nombre them ner descrybe them for multitude.
American Standard Version
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 servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
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 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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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 servant is in the midst of Thy people which Thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
King James Version (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.
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But thy servant is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen, a great people, which cannot be numbered.
But thy servant is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen, a great people, which cannot be numbered.
English Revised Version
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 servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Berean Standard Bible
Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.
Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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 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.
Young's Literal Translation
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,
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,
Update Bible Version
And your slave is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that are too many to be numbered or counted.
And your slave is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that are too many to be numbered or counted.
Webster's Bible Translation
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 servant [is] in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
World English Bible
Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude.
New King James Version
And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted.
And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted.
New Living Translation
And here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be counted!
And here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be counted!
New Life Bible
Your servant is among Your people which You have chosen. They are many people. There are too many people to number.
Your servant is among Your people which You have chosen. They are many people. There are too many people to number.
New Revised Standard
And your servant is in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a great people, so numerous they cannot be numbered or counted.
And your servant is in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a great people, so numerous they cannot be numbered or counted.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, thy servant, is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen, - a numerous people, that cannot be numbered or summed up, for multitude.
And, thy servant, is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen, - a numerous people, that cannot be numbered or summed up, for multitude.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
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.
Revised Standard Version
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people whom thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude.
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people whom thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Your servant is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted.
"Your servant is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted.
Contextual Overview
5 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. 6 And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in. 8 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. 9 Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people? 10 Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord. 11 And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes; 12 I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future. 13 And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal. 14 And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thy people: Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Deuteronomy 7:6-8, 1 Samuel 12:22, Psalms 78:71
cannot: Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:17, 1 Chronicles 21:2, 1 Chronicles 21:5, 1 Chronicles 21:6, 1 Chronicles 27:23, 1 Chronicles 27:24
Reciprocal: Genesis 12:2 - General Exodus 18:17 - not good 1 Kings 4:20 - as the sand 2 Kings 9:6 - over the people 2 Chronicles 1:9 - for thou hast Daniel 2:21 - he giveth
Cross-References
Genesis 3:1
Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?
Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?
Genesis 3:2
And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:
And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:
Genesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.
But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.
Genesis 3:9
And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?
And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?
Genesis 3:10
And he said, Hearing your voice in the garden I was full of fear, because I was without clothing: and I kept myself from your eyes.
And he said, Hearing your voice in the garden I was full of fear, because I was without clothing: and I kept myself from your eyes.
Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.
And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.
Genesis 3:21
And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins for their clothing.
And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins for their clothing.
Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.
And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.
Deuteronomy 4:33
Has any people ever gone on living after hearing the voice of God out of the heart of the fire as you did?
Has any people ever gone on living after hearing the voice of God out of the heart of the fire as you did?
Deuteronomy 5:25
Why then is death to be our fate? For if the voice of the Lord our God comes to us any more, death will overtake us, and we will be burned up in this great fire.
Why then is death to be our fate? For if the voice of the Lord our God comes to us any more, death will overtake us, and we will be burned up in this great fire.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And thy servant [is] in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen,.... To be his special and peculiar people above all people on the earth; this is not to be understood locally, though Jerusalem, where his palace was, was in the middle of the land; but of the exercise of his office, he being placed over the people, and among them, and having the care and inspection of them:
a great people, that cannot be numbered and counted for multitude; being for number as the stars in the sky, and as the sand upon the seashore, as had been promised.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Compare the marginal references. Solomon regards the promises as fulfilled in the existing greatness and glory of the Jewish nation.
