1 Kings 10:7

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me; thy wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me; thy wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.

Bible in Basic English ☆

But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and now I see that it was not half the story; your wisdom and your wealth are much greater than they said.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: thou hast exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.

Darby Translation ☆

but I gave no credit to the words, until I came and mine eyes had seen; and behold, the half was not told me: in wisdom and prosperity thou exceedest the report that I heard.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Concerning thy words, and concerning thy wisdom. And I did not believe them that told me, till I came myself, and saw with my own eyes, and have found that the half hath not been told me: thy wisdom and thy works, exceed the fame which I heard.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Howebeit I beleeued not this report till I came, and had seene it with mine eyes: but lo, ye one halfe was not tolde mee: for thou hast more wisedome and prosperitie, then I haue heard by report.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And I believed not in the words, until I came, and my eyes saw [all]: and, behold, the half hath not been told me; thou excellest in wisdom and prosperity the report which I have heard.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half was not told me; thou hast wisdom and prosperity exceeding the fame which I heard.

King James Version ☆

Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: you have exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: you have exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.

Webster Bible ☆

Howbeit, I believed not the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it : and behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

Revised Version ☆

Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: thou hast exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.

World English Bible ☆

However, I didn’t believe the words until I came and my eyes had seen it. Behold, not even half was told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

However, I didn’t believe the words until I came and my eyes had seen it. Behold, not even half was told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

However, I didn’t believe the words until I came and my eyes had seen it. Behold, not even half was told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

However, I didn’t believe the words until I came and my eyes had seen it. Behold, not even half was told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

World English Bible Classic ☆

However, I didn’t believe the words until I came and my eyes had seen it. Behold, not even half was told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

World English Bible Updated ☆

However, I didn’t believe the words until I came and my eyes had seen it. Behold, not even half was told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

World Messianic Bible ☆

However, I didn’t believe the words until I came and my eyes had seen it. Behold, not even half was told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

However, I didn’t believe the words until I came and my eyes had seen it. Behold, not even half was told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

and I gave no credence to the words till that I have come, and my eyes see, and lo, it was not declared to me — the half; thou hast added wisdom and goodness unto the report that I heard.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Howbeit I believed not the devarim, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, hinei, the half was not told me; thy chochmah and tov (prosperity) exceedeth the fame which I heard.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَلَمْ أُصَدِّقِ ٱلْأَخْبَارَ حَتَّى جِئْتُ وَأَبْصَرَتْ عَيْنَايَ، فَهُوَذَا ٱلنِّصْفُ لَمْ أُخْبَرْ بِهِ. زِدْتَ حِكْمَةً وَصَلَاحًا عَلَى ٱلْخَبَرِ ٱلَّذِي سَمِعْتُهُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သို့​ရာ​တွင်​ကျွန်ုပ်​သည်​ကိုယ်​တိုင်​မျက်​မြင်​ဒိ​ဌ မ​တွေ့​မ​မြင်​ရ​မိ​စဉ်​အ​ခါ​က ထို​သတင်း​ကို မ​ယုံ​နိုင်​ပါ။ ထို​စဉ်​အ​ခါ​က​ကျွန်ုပ်​ကြား​သိ ရ​သည့်​အ​ရာ​များ​သည် ယ​ခု​တွေ့​မြင်​ရ​သည့် အ​မှု​အ​ရာ​များ​၏​ထက်​ဝက်​မျှ​ပင်​မ​ရှိ​ပါ။ အ​ဆွေ​တော်​၏​ဉာဏ်​ပ​ညာ​တော်​နှင့်​စည်း​စိမ် ချမ်း​သာ​သည်​ကျွန်ုပ်​ကြား​သိ​ခဲ့​သည်​ထက် များ​စွာ​ပို​မို​ကြီး​ကျယ်​ပါ​ပေ​သည်။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

သို့သော်လည်း ၊ ကိုယ်တိုင်ရောက် ၍ မ မြင် မှီ ထိုစကား ကိုမ ယုံ။ ယခုမူကား၊ အရင်ကြား သော စကား သည် တဝက် ကိုမျှမ မှီ။ ကိုယ်တော်၏ ပညာ နှင့် ကိုယ်တော်၏စည်းစိမ် သည် အကျွန်ုပ်ကြား ရသော သိတင်း ကို လွန်ကဲ ပါ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Toe hae hmuen hae kaimah roe kang zoh moe, ka mik hoiah hnu ai karoek to, ka tang ai; khenah, hae ih hmuen kawngnawk ahap mataeng doeh kai khaeah na thui o ai vop; ka thaih ih hmuen pongah palung na hahaih hoi na tawnh ih hmuenmaenawk hae pop kue.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Ka pawk hlan hil tah olka la ka tangnah moenih, ka mik loh a hmuh vaengah tah kai hamla rhakthuem pataeng a thui moenih ko he. Olthang ka yaak lakah khaw cueihnah neh kawnthen neh na coih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Ka pawk hlan hil tah olka la ka tangnah moenih, ka mik loh a hmuh vaengah tah kai hamla rhakthuem pataeng a thui moenih ko he. Olthang ka yaak lakah khaw cueihnah neh kawnthen neh na coih.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我先不信那些话，及至我来亲眼见了才知道人所告诉我的还不到一半。你的智慧和你的福分越过我所听见的风声。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我先不信那些話，及至我來親眼見了才知道人所告訴我的還不到一半。你的智慧和你的福分越過我所聽見的風聲。

World Chinese Bible ☆

可是，我没有相信那些话，直到我来了，亲眼看见。看哪，人告诉我的还不到一半！你的智慧和兴盛超过了我所听见的名声。

Croatian Bible ☆

Ali nisam htjela vjerovati što se pripovijeda dokle god nisam došla i vidjela na svoje oči; i doista, ni pola mi nije bilo rečeno: ti nadvisuješ u mudrosti i blagostanju slavu o kojoj sam čula.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Ješto jsem nechtěla věřiti řečem, až jsem přijela a uzřela očima svýma. Ale aj, není mi praveno ani polovice; převýšil jsi moudrostí a dobrotou pověst tu, kterouž jsem slyšela.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Jeg troede ikke, hvad der sagdes, før jeg kom og så det med egne Øjne; og se, ikke engang det halve er mig fortalt, thi din Visdom og Herlighed overgår, hvad rygte sagde.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Ik heb die woorden niet geloofd, totdat ik gekomen ben, en mijn ogen dat gezien hebben; en zie, de helft is mij niet aangezegd; gij hebt met wijsheid en goed overtroffen het gerucht, dat ik gehoord heb.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Ik geloofde het niet, voordat ik het met eigen ogen zag. Maar waarlijk, nog niet de helft heeft men mij verteld; want gij bezit meer wijsheid en rijkdom dan ik gehoord heb.

Esperanto Bible ☆

mi ne kredis al la diroj, ĝis mi venis kaj ĝis miaj okuloj ekvidis; sed nun mi vidas, ke oni ne rakontis al mi eĉ duonon; vi havas pli da saĝo kaj bono, ol diras la famo, kiun mi aŭdis.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

mais je n’ai pas cru ces choses, jusqu’à ce que je sois venue et que mes yeux aient vu ; et voici, on ne m’avait pas rapporté la moitié ; tu surpasses en sagesse et en prospérité la rumeur que j’en ai entendue.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Je ne croyais point ce qu'on en disait, jusqu'à ce que je sois venue et que mes yeux l'aient vu; et voici, on ne m'en avait pas rapporté la moitié; ta sagesse et tes biens surpassent ce que j'avais appris par la renommée.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Je ne le croyais pas, avant d’être venue et d’avoir vu de mes yeux. Et voici, on ne m’en a pas dit la moitié. Tu as plus de sagesse et de prospérité que la renommée ne me l’a fait connaître.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Cependant, je n'ai pas cru ces paroles avant de venir et de le voir de mes propres yeux. On ne m'en avait pas raconté la moitié ! Ta sagesse et ta prospérité surpassent la renommée dont j'avais entendu parler.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

und ich habe den Worten nicht geglaubt, bis ich gekommen bin und meine Augen es gesehen haben. Und siehe, nicht die Hälfte ist mir berichtet worden; du übertriffst an Weisheit und Gut das Gerücht, das ich gehört habe.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Und ich habe es nicht wollen glauben, bis ich gekommen bin und habe es mit meinen Augen gesehen. Und siehe, es ist mir nicht die Hälfte gesagt. Du hast mehr Weisheit und Gut, denn das Gerücht ist, das ich gehört habe.

German Textbibel ☆

Ich habe der Kunde nicht glauben wollen, bis ich gekommen bin und es mit eigenen Augen gesehen habe. Und dabei ist mir noch nicht einmal die Hälfte berichtet worden; du besitzest vielmehr Weisheit und Reichtum, als das Gerücht sagt, welches ich vernommen habe.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Und ich habe den Worten nicht geglaubt, bis ich gekommen bin und es mit eigenen Augen gesehen habe. Und siehe, es ist mir nicht die Hälfte gesagt worden; du hast mehr Weisheit und Gut, als das Gerücht sagt, das ich vernommen habe.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ οὐκ ἐπίστευσα τοῖς λαλοῦσί μοι, ἕως ὅτου παρεγενόμην καὶ ἑωράκασιν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ εἰσὶ τὸ ἥμισυ καθὼς ἀπήγγειλάν μοι· προστέθεικας ἀγαθὰ πρὸς αὐτὰ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀκοήν, ἣν ἤκουσα ἐν τῇ γῇ μου·

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ οὐκ ἐπίστευσα τοῖς λαλοῦσί μοι, ἕως ὅτου παρεγενόμην καὶ ἑωράκασιν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου· καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ εἰσὶ τὸ ἥμισυ καθὼς ἀπήγγειλάν μοι· προστέθεικας ἀγαθὰ πρὸς αὐτὰ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀκοὴν ἣν ἤκουσα ἐν τῇ γῇ μου.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Men, mwen pa t' vle kwè toutotan mwen pa t' vini wè ak je pa mwen. Men, sa m' te tande a se pa mwatye sa m' wè a. Bon konprann ou ak richès ou pi plis pase sa yo te di m' lan.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Aka, aole au i manaoio ia mau olelo, a hiki mai nei au, a ike ko'u mau maka, aia hoi, aole no ka hapalua i haiia mai ia'u; na kela aku kou akamai a me kou pomaikai mamua o ke kaulana a'u i lohe ai.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וְלֹֽא־הֶאֱמַ֣נְתִּי לַדְּבָרִ֗ים עַ֤ד אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֙אתִי֙ וַתִּרְאֶ֣ינָה עֵינַ֔י וְהִנֵּ֥ה לֹֽא־הֻגַּד־לִ֖י הַחֵ֑צִי הֹוסַ֤פְתָּ חָכְמָה֙ וָטֹ֔וב אֶל־הַשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ולא האמנתי לדברים עד אשר באתי ותראינה עיני והנה לא הגד לי החצי הוספת חכמה וטוב אל השמועה אשר שמעתי׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Ma io non credeva quello che se ne diceva, finchè io non son venuta, e che gli occhi miei non l'hanno veduto; ora ecco, non me n'era stata rapportata la metà; tu sopravanzi in sapienza ed in eccellenza la fama che io ne avea intesa.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Ma non ci ho creduto finché non son venuta io stessa, e non ho visto con gli occhi miei; ed ora, ecco, non me n’era stata riferita neppure la metà! La tua sapienza e la tua prosperità sorpassano la fama che me n’era giunta!

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

しかし、わたしが来て自分の目で見るまでは、その話を信じませんでした。実に、その半分も聞かされてはいませんでした。あなたの知恵と繁栄は、わたしが聞いた名声をはるかに超えています。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

내가 그 말들을 믿지 아니하였더니 이제 와서 목도한즉 내게 말한 것은 절반도 못되니 당신의 지혜와 복이 나의 들은 소문에 지나도다

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nga tuh tiana lulalfongi nwe ke na nga tuku ac liye ke mutuk sifacna. Ma nga lohng ah tia sun tafun kasrup ac lalmwetmet lom, su arulana alukela ma fwack nu sik.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

super sermonibus tuis, et super sapientia tua: et non credebam narrantibus mihi, donec ipsa veni, et vidi oculis meis, et probavi quod media pars mihi nuntiata non fuerit: major est sapientia et opera tua, quam rumor quem audivi.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

اما تا نیامدم و به چشمان خود ندیدم، اخبار راباور نکردم، و اینک نصفش به من اعلام نشده بود؛ حکمت و سعادتمندی تو از خبری که شنیده بودم، زیاده است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

No entanto, eu não acreditei nas palavras até que vim e os meus olhos viram. Eis que não me contaram nem a metade! A sua sabedoria e prosperidade superam a fama da qual ouvi falar.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Mas eu não o cria, até que vim, e meus olhos viram, que nem ainda a metade foi o que se me disse: é maior tua sabedoria e bem que a fama que eu havia ouvido.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Totuşi, nu am crezut aceste cuvinte, până când am venit şi ochii mei au văzut; şi, iată, nici jumătate nu mi s-a spus, înţelepciunea ta şi prosperitatea ta întrec faima despre care am auzit.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Дар ну кредям, пынэ н-ам венит ши н-ам вэзут ку окий мей. Ши ятэ кэ нич пе жумэтате ну ми с-а спус. Ту ай май мултэ ынцелепчуне ши пропэшире декыт ам аузит мергынду-ць файма.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

но я не верила словам, доколе не пришла, и не увидели глаза мои: и вот, мне и вполовину не сказано; мудрости и богатства у тебя больше, нежели как я слышала.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ali ne hteh verovati šta se govoraše dokle ne dođe i vidim svojim očima; a gle, ni pola mi nije kazano; tvoja mudrost i dobrota nadvišuje glas koji sam slušala.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Али не хтех веровати шта се говораше докле не дође и видим својим очима; а гле, ни пола ми није казано; твоја мудрост и доброта надвишује глас који сам слушала.

Mashi Bible ☆

“Ntayêmêrezagya ebi bakazâg’inshambâlira ci naderha ni kukwânîne niene nyîshe ncibonere n’amasù gâni, lolà oku ciru barhali bambwîzire ecihimbi omu burhondekezi bwâwe n’omu bwololoke n’irenge lishushire ebi nabwîragwa”.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Mas yo no lo creía, hasta que he venido, y mis ojos han visto, que ni aun la mitad fué lo que se me dijo: es mayor tu sabiduría y bien que la fama que yo había oído.

Spanish BLL ☆

Yo no creía lo que decían hasta que vine y lo vi con mis propios ojos. ¡Y la verdad es que no me habían contado ni la mitad! Tu sabiduría y tu riqueza superan por mucho la fama que te precede.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

mas yo no lo creía, hasta que he venido y mis mismos ojos lo han visto. He aquí que no se me había dicho ni la mitad; tu sabiduría y tu prosperidad superan la fama que yo había oído.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Pero no creía en lo que se decía de ti, hasta que vine y vi por mí mismo; y ahora veo que no fue la mitad de la historia; Tu sabiduría y tu riqueza son mucho más grandes de lo que dijeron.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

No creía lo que me decían hasta que vine y mis ojos lo ven. Ciertamente no se me dijo ni aun la mitad. Tú superas en sabiduría y bienes lo que oí de tu fama.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ka naʻe ʻikai te u tui ki he talanoa, kaeʻoua ke u haʻu, pea mamata ki ai ʻa hoku mata: pea vakai, naʻe ʻikai tala mai ʻa hono vahe ua ʻoe meʻa: kuo lahi hake ʻa hoʻo poto pea mo hoʻo monūʻia ʻi he ongoongo naʻaku fanongo ki ai.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Не хотїла я няти віри переказам, аж покіль прибула сама та й побачила все своїми очима. Та менї й половини не сказано. У тебе більш мудростї й заможностї, нїж ійде чутка, що я перечула.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Не хотїла я няти віри переказам, аж покіль прибула сама та й побачила все своїми очима. Та менї й половини не сказано. У тебе більш мудростї й заможностї, нїж ійде чутка, що я перечула.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Song trước khi tôi chưa đến đây, và chưa thấy tận mắt những điều này, thì tôi chẳng tin; và kìa, người ta chẳng nói đến được phân nửa! Sự khôn ngoan và oai nghi của vua trổi hơn tiếng đồn tôi đã nghe.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וְלֹֽא־הֶאֱמַ֣נְתִּי לַדְּבָרִ֗ים עַ֤ד אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֨אתִי֙ וַתִּרְאֶ֣ינָה עֵינַ֔י וְהִנֵּ֥ה לֹֽא־הֻגַּד־לִ֖י הַחֵ֑צִי הוֹסַ֤פְתָּ חָכְמָה֙ וָט֔וֹב אֶל־הַשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃