1 Kings 4:32 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.”

1 Kings 4:32 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Kings 4:32 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Kings 4:32 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five.”

1 Kings 4:32 — World English Bible

1 Kings 4:32 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.”

1 Kings 4:32 — American Standard Version

1 Kings 4:32 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs <FI>are<Fi> five, and the chief one;”

1 Kings 4:32 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 4:32 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.”

1 Kings 4:32 — Darby Translation

1 Kings 4:32 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And Salomon spake three thousand prouerbs: and his songs were a thousand and fiue.”

1 Kings 4:32 — Geneva Bible

1 Kings 4:32 in Context — 1 Kings 4

30 And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

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What Does 1 Kings 4:32 Mean?

1 Kings 4:32 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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