1 Kings 3:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.”
1 Kings 3:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 3:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 3:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
1 Kings 3:20 — World English Bible
1 Kings 3:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. ”
1 Kings 3:20 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 3:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me--and thy handmaid is asleep--and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom;”
1 Kings 3:20 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 3:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom. ”
1 Kings 3:20 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 3:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And she rose at midnight, and tooke my sonne from my side, while thine handmaide slept, and layde him in her bosome, and layde her dead sonne in my bosome.”
1 Kings 3:20 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 3:20 in Context — 1 Kings 3
18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
19 And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
What Does 1 Kings 3:20 Mean?
1 Kings 3:20 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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