1 Kings 4 · Verse 32

1 Kings 4:32

And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
1 Kings 4:32, King James Version

1 Kings 4:32 in other translations

BSBSolomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
WEBHe spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five.
ASVAnd he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
YLTAnd he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs are five, and the chief one;
DARBYAnd he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
BBEHe was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.
WebsterAnd he spoke three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

What does 1 Kings 4:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 4:29-34

Solomon's wisdom was more his glory than his wealth. He had what is here called largeness of heart, for the heart is often put for the powers of the mind. He had the gift of utterance, as well as wisdom. It is very desirable, that those who have large gifts of any kind, should have large hearts to use them for the good of others. What treasures of wisdom and knowledge are lost! But every sort of knowledge that is…

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1 Kings 4:32 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְדַבֵּ֕רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetthreeH7969
אֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505
מָשָׁ֑לma.Shalproverb[s]H4912
וַיְהִ֥יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
שִׁיר֖וֹshi.Rosong hisH7892
חֲמִשָּׁ֥הcha.mi.ShahfiveH2568
וָאָֽלֶף\׃va.'A.lefand one thousandH505

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he spake.
Pr 1:1-31:30; Ec 12:9; Mt 13:35
songs.
So 1:1-17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 4:31

    For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

  • 1 Kings 4:32

    And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

  • 1 Kings 4:33

    And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

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1 Kings 4:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y propuso tres mil parábolas; y sus versos fueron mil y cinco.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er redete dreitausend Sprüche, und seiner Lieder waren 1005.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Locutus est quoque Salomon tria millia parabolas: et fuerunt carmina ejus quinque et mille.