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 God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore. 30 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—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations all around. 32 He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five.