1 Kings 3:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
1 Kings 3:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 3:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 3:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead; but when I had looked at him in the morning, behold, it was not my son whom I bore.””
1 Kings 3:21 — World English Bible
1 Kings 3:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I did bear. ”
1 Kings 3:21 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 3:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and I rise in the morning to suckle my son, and lo, dead; and I consider concerning it in the morning, and lo, it was not my son whom I did bear.'”
1 Kings 3:21 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 3:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; and I considered it in the morning, and behold, it was not my son, whom I bore. ”
1 Kings 3:21 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 3:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And when I rose in the morning to giue my sonne sucke, beholde, he was dead: and when I had well considered him in the morning, beholde, it was not my sonne, whom I had borne.”
1 Kings 3:21 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 3:21 in Context — 1 Kings 3
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.
23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
What Does 1 Kings 3:21 Mean?
1 Kings 3:21 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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