1 Kings 4:34
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And there came from all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
People came from all the peoples (nations) to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
Emissaries of all peoples, sent by every king on earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom.
Emissaries of all peoples, sent by every king on earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom.
People came from everywhere to listen to Solomon’s wisdom; even the earth’s kings who had heard about his wisdom came!
Kings all over the world heard about Solomon's wisdom and sent people to listen to him teach.
And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
And they came from all nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who heard of his wisdom.
People from every nation came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom. Kings all over the world sent their people to listen to him.
People came from all countries to listen to Solomon's wise teaching. Kings of all the nations in the world who heard about Solomon's wisdom sent people to learn from him.
From all the peoples and from all the kings of the earth who heard about Solomon’s wisdom, people came to listen to his wisdom.
And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
People from all nations came to listen to King Solomon’s wisdom. The kings of all nations sent them to him, ·because they had heard of [or to listen to] Solomon’s wisdom.
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
People came from every nation to hear his wisdom; they came from all the kings of the earth who had heard about his wisdom.
Kings all over the world heard of his wisdom and sent people to listen to him.
People came from everywhere, sent by every king on earth who had heard of his wisdom, to listen to Solomon’s wisdom.
People from all nations came to listen to King Solomon’s wisdom. The kings of all nations sent them to listen to him. These kings had heard of Solomon’s wisdom.
People came from everywhere to hear Solomon’s advice. Every king on the earth heard of his wisdom.
And they came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
And men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
They came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon; from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
And kings from many lands sent their ambassadors to him for his advice.
God gave Solomon wisdom—the deepest of understanding and the largest of hearts. There was nothing beyond him, nothing he couldn’t handle. Solomon’s wisdom outclassed the vaunted wisdom of wise men of the East, outshone the famous wisdom of Egypt. He was wiser than anyone—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, wiser than Heman, wiser than Calcol and Darda the sons of Mahol. He became famous among all the surrounding nations. He created 3,000 proverbs; his songs added up to 1,005. He knew all about plants, from the huge cedar that grows in Lebanon to the tiny hyssop that grows in the cracks of a wall. He understood everything about animals and birds, reptiles and fish. Sent by kings from all over the earth who had heard of his reputation, people came from far and near to listen to the wisdom of Solomon.
People from all over came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
People came from every nation to hear his wisdom; they came from all the kings of the earth who had heard about his wisdom.
People came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
Everyone came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by kings from all over the world who had heard about his wisdom.
People from all nations came to listen to King Solomon’s wisdom. The kings of all nations sent them to him, because they had heard of Solomon’s wisdom.
People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s display of wisdom; they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.
The kings of all the world’s nations heard about how wise Solomon was. So they sent their people to listen to him.
From all nations people came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.
From all nations people came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.
And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.
Men came from all nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon. They came from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
And kings from every nation sent their ambassadors to listen to the wisdom of Solomon.
People came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon; they came from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
People came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon; they came from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
People came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon; they came from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
People came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
And people came from all nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the Earth who had heard of his wisdom.
And men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
And men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
People came from every corner of the earth—sent by kings who were fascinated by Solomon’s wise reputation—to listen to Solomon’s wisdom.
People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
And they came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of [the] earth, that heard his wisdom (who heard of his wisdom).
and there come out of all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who have heard of his wisdom.
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