1 Kings 4:20
1 Kings 4:20-21 The Message (MSG)
Judah and Israel were densely populated—like sand on an ocean beach! All their needs were met; they ate and drank and were happy. Solomon was sovereign over all the kingdoms from the River Euphrates in the east to the country of the Philistines in the west, all the way to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and were vassals of Solomon all his life.
1 Kings 4:20 King James Version (KJV)
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
1 Kings 4:20 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
1 Kings 4:20 New Century Version (NCV)
There were as many people in Judah and Israel as grains of sand on the seashore. The people ate, drank, and were happy.
1 Kings 4:20 American Standard Version (ASV)
Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
1 Kings 4:20 New International Version (NIV)
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.
1 Kings 4:20 New King James Version (NKJV)
Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.
1 Kings 4:20 Amplified Bible (AMP)
[The people of] Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is in abundance by the sea; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.