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Selected Verse: Matthew 12:42 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 12:42 |
Strong Concordance |
The queen [938] of the south [3558] shall rise up [1453] in [1722] the judgment [2920] with [3326] this [5026] generation [1074], and [2532] shall condemn [2632] it [846]: for [3754] she came [2064] from [1537] the uttermost parts [4009] of the earth [1093] to hear [191] the wisdom [4678] of Solomon [4672]; and [2532], behold [2400], a greater than [4119] Solomon [4672] is here [5602]. |
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King James |
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. |
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] |
| The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, &c.--The queen of Sheba (a tract in Arabia, near the shores of the Red Sea) came from a remote country, "south" of Judea, to hear the wisdom of a mere man, though a gifted one, and was transported with wonder at what she saw and heard (Kg1 10:1-9). They, when a Greater than Solomon had come to them, despised and rejected, slighted and slandered Him. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| She came from the uttermost parts of the earth - That part of Arabia from which she came was the uttermost part of the earth that way, being bounded by the sea. Kg1 10:1. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The queen of the south - In Kg1 10:1, this queen is said to be of Saba, which was a city and province of Arabia Felix, to the south, or south-east, of Judea.
Uttermost parts of the earth - Περατων της γης - a form of speech which merely signifies, a great distance. See Deu 28:49. |
1 And when the queen [04436] of Sheba [07614] heard [08085] of the fame [08088] of Solomon [08010] concerning the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], she came [0935] to prove [05254] him with hard questions [02420].
2 And she came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389] with a very [03966] great [03515] train [02428], with camels [01581] that bare [05375] spices [01314], and very [03966] much [07227] gold [02091], and precious [03368] stones [068]: and when she was come [0935] to Solomon [08010], she communed [01696] with him of all that was in her heart [03824].
3 And Solomon [08010] told [05046] her all her questions [01697]: there was not any thing [01697] hid [05956] from the king [04428], which he told [05046] her not.
4 And when the queen [04436] of Sheba [07614] had seen [07200] all Solomon's [08010] wisdom [02451], and the house [01004] that he had built [01129],
5 And the meat [03978] of his table [07979], and the sitting [04186] of his servants [05650], and the attendance [04612] of his ministers [08334], and their apparel [04403], and his cupbearers [08248], and his ascent [05930] by which he went up [05927] unto the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]; there was no more spirit [07307] in her.
6 And she said [0559] to the king [04428], It was a true [0571] report [01697] that I heard [08085] in mine own land [0776] of thy acts [01697] and of thy wisdom [02451].
7 Howbeit I believed [0539] not the words [01697], until I came [0935], and mine eyes [05869] had seen [07200] it: and, behold, the half [02677] was not told [05046] me: thy wisdom [02451] and prosperity [02896] exceedeth [03254] the fame [08052] which I heard [08085].
8 Happy [0835] are thy men [0582], happy [0835] are these thy servants [05650], which stand [05975] continually [08548] before [06440] thee, and that hear [08085] thy wisdom [02451].
9 Blessed [01288] be the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], which delighted [02654] in thee, to set [05414] thee on the throne [03678] of Israel [03478]: because the LORD [03068] loved [0160] Israel [03478] for ever [05769], therefore made [07760] he thee king [04428], to do [06213] judgment [04941] and justice [06666].
1 And when the queen [04436] of Sheba [07614] heard [08085] of the fame [08088] of Solomon [08010] concerning the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], she came [0935] to prove [05254] him with hard questions [02420].
49 The LORD [03068] shall bring [05375] a nation [01471] against thee from far [07350], from the end [07097] of the earth [0776], as swift as the eagle [05404] flieth [01675]; a nation [01471] whose tongue [03956] thou shalt not understand [08085];
1 And when the queen [04436] of Sheba [07614] heard [08085] of the fame [08088] of Solomon [08010] concerning the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], she came [0935] to prove [05254] him with hard questions [02420].