It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

将事隐秘乃神的荣耀；将事察清乃君王的荣耀。

隐藏事情是上帝的荣耀；查明事情乃君王的荣耀。

隐藏事情是神的荣耀；查明事情乃君王的荣耀。

将事隐藏是上帝的荣耀，把事查明是君王的光荣。

把事隐藏，是神的荣耀；把事察清，是君王的光荣。

隐藏事情，是神的荣耀；探查事情，是君王的荣耀。

將事隱祕乃神的榮耀；將事察清乃君王的榮耀。

隱藏事情是上帝的榮耀；查明事情乃君王的榮耀。

隱藏事情是神的榮耀；查明事情乃君王的榮耀。

將事隱藏是上帝的榮耀，把事查明是君王的光榮。

把事隱藏，是神的榮耀；把事察清，是君王的光榮。

將事情隱蔽着、是上帝的榮耀；將事情察考透了、乃君王的光榮。

隱藏事情，是神的榮耀；探查事情，是君王的榮耀。

秘密其事、乃上帝之榮、鑒察其事、乃君王之榮、

包涵萬理、上帝之奧無窮、省察百事、王公之榮丕著。

隱事乃天主之榮、察事乃君王之榮、或作萬理奧秘天主之榮作事審察君王之榮

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.

When God hides a matter, he gets glory. When kings figure out a matter, they get glory.

It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.

It is God’s privilege to conceal things and the king’s privilege to discover them.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.

[ It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings[ is] to search out a matter.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.

The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!“ For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”

God gave Solomon abundant wisdom and understanding, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all around.He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs numbered one thousand five.He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

“ Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?

I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him who I didn’t know.

that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will see in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have started rebellions within it in the past. That is why this city was destroyed.

You asked,‘ Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.

I decreed, and search has been made, and it was found that this city has made insurrection against kings in the past, and that rebellion and revolts have been made in it.

Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”This request pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.God said to him,“ Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have you asked for riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice;behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart; so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you.I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you for all your days.If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.The one woman said,“ Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.The third day after I delivered, this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.This woman’s child died in the night, because she lay on it.She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I bore.”The other woman said,“ No; but the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” The first one said,“ No; but the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” They argued like this before the king.Then the king said,“ One says,‘ This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead;’ and the other says,‘ No; but your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’”The king said,“ Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.The king said,“ Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said,“ Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill him!” But the other said,“ He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”Then the king answered,“ Give her the living child, and definitely do not kill him. She is his mother.”All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

“ Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?“ Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,and said,‘ You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here?’“ Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?It is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment.From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.“ Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all.“ What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunder storm,to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.“ Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?“ Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you,‘ Here we are?’Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?“ Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?“ Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?They bow themselves. They bear their young. They end their labor pains.Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go out, and don’t return again.“ Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.“ Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?“ The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.“ Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts,‘ Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.“ Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”

“ Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it is so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.”Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched.