1 Kings 3:9
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3:9So give your servant a discerning mind18 so he can make judicial decisions for19 your people and distinguish right from wrong.20 Otherwise21 no one is able22 to make judicial decisions for23 this great nation of yours.”24
Footnotes
- 18 Heb “a hearing heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)
- 19 Heb “to judge.”
- 20 Heb “to understand between good and evil.”
- 21 Heb “for”; the word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.
- 22 Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”
- 23 Heb “to judge.”
- 24 Heb “your numerous people.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
So give your servant a receptive heart to judge your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
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NLTNew Living Translation
Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Give to your servant a listening heart to judge your people, to discern between good and bad, because who is able to judge this, your difficult people?”
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KJV 1900King James Version
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
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