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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 4:32 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 4:32 |
Strong Concordance |
And he spake [01696] three [07969] thousand [0505] proverbs [04912]: and his songs [07892] were a thousand [0505] and five [02568]. |
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King James |
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
he spake three thousand proverbs--embodying his moral sentiments and sage observations on human life and character.
songs . . . a thousand and five-- Psalm 72, 127, 132, and the Song of Songs are his. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Proverbs - In the collection which forms the "Book of Proverbs," only a small portion has been preserved, less certainly than one thousand out of the three. Ecclesiastes, if it is Solomon's, would add between one hundred and two hundred more proverbs. But the great bulk of Solomon's proverbs has perished.
Songs - Of these, Canticles is probably one (marginal reference): Ps. 72; Psa 127:1-5 may also be of the number. Probably the bulk of Solomon's songs were of a secular character, and consequently were not introduced into the canon of Scripture. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Proverbs - That is, short, and deep, and useful sentences, whereof a great part are contained in the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. Songs - Whereof the chief and most divine are in the Canticles. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
He spake three thousand proverbs - The book of Proverbs, attributed to Solomon, contain only about nine hundred or nine hundred and twenty-three distinct proverbs; and if we grant with some that the first nine chapters are not the work of Solomon, then all that can be attributed to him is only about six hundred and fifty.
Of all his one thousand and five songs or poems we have only one, the book of Song of Solomon, remaining, unless we include Psa 127:1-5, Except the Lord build the house, etc., which in the title is said to be by or for him, though it appears more properly to be a psalm of direction, left him by his father David, relative to the building of the temple. |
1 A Song [07892] of degrees [04609] for Solomon [08010]. Except the LORD [03068] build [01129] the house [01004], they labour [05998] in vain [07723] that build [01129] it: except the LORD [03068] keep [08104] the city [05892], the watchman [08104] waketh [08245] but in vain [07723].
2 It is vain [07723] for you to rise up [06965] early [07925], to sit up [03427] late [0309], to eat [0398] the bread [03899] of sorrows [06089]: for so he giveth [05414] his beloved [03039] sleep [08142].
3 Lo, children [01121] are an heritage [05159] of the LORD [03068]: and the fruit [06529] of the womb [0990] is his reward [07939].
4 As arrows [02671] are in the hand [03027] of a mighty man [01368]; so are children [01121] of the youth [05271].
5 Happy [0835] is the man [01397] that hath his quiver [0827] full [04390] of them: they shall not be ashamed [0954], but they shall speak [01696] with the enemies [0341] in the gate [08179].
1 A Song [07892] of degrees [04609] for Solomon [08010]. Except the LORD [03068] build [01129] the house [01004], they labour [05998] in vain [07723] that build [01129] it: except the LORD [03068] keep [08104] the city [05892], the watchman [08104] waketh [08245] but in vain [07723].
2 It is vain [07723] for you to rise up [06965] early [07925], to sit up [03427] late [0309], to eat [0398] the bread [03899] of sorrows [06089]: for so he giveth [05414] his beloved [03039] sleep [08142].
3 Lo, children [01121] are an heritage [05159] of the LORD [03068]: and the fruit [06529] of the womb [0990] is his reward [07939].
4 As arrows [02671] are in the hand [03027] of a mighty man [01368]; so are children [01121] of the youth [05271].
5 Happy [0835] is the man [01397] that hath his quiver [0827] full [04390] of them: they shall not be ashamed [0954], but they shall speak [01696] with the enemies [0341] in the gate [08179].