29 En God het aan Salomo wysheid gegee en 'n baie groot verstand en 'n ruimte van insig soos die sand wat aan die seestrand lê,

30 sodat die wysheid van Salomo groter was as die wysheid van al die kinders van die Ooste en as al die wysheid van Egipte.

31 Ja, hy was wyser as al die mense, as Etan, die Esrahiet, en Heman en Kalkol en Darda, die seuns van Mahol, sodat hy beroemd was onder al die nasies rondom.

32 En hy het drie duisend spreuke uitgespreek, en sy liedere was duisend en vyf.

29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. 30 And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations round about. 32 And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.