| the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser
| than all men...and his fame was in all
| nations round about. And he spake
| three thousands proverbs; and his
| songs were a thousand and five. 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.
| And there came all people to hear the
| wisdom of Salomon. From all kings of
| the earth, which had heard of his
| wisdom.
|
| Vulgata: Liber Malachim 4, 29-34:
| Dedit quoque Deus sapientiam Salomoni
| et prudentiam multam nimis et
| latitudinem cordis quasi harenam quae
| est in litore maris / et praecedebat
| sapientia Salomonis sapientiam omnium
| orientalium et Aegyoptorum / et erat
| sapientia cunctis hominibus.. Et erat
| nominatus inuniversis gentibus per
| cicuitum / locutus est quoque Salomon
| tria milia parabolas et fuerunt
| carmina eius quinque et mille / et
| disputavit super lignis a cedro quae
| est in Libano usque ad hysopum quae
| egreditur de pariete et disseuit de