1 Kings 3:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
1 Kings 3:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 3:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 3:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead one;’ and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’””
1 Kings 3:23 — World English Bible
1 Kings 3:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
1 Kings 3:23 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 3:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the king saith, `This <FI>one<Fi> saith, This <FI>is<Fi> my son, the living, and thy son <FI>is<Fi> the dead; and that <FI>one<Fi> saith, Nay, but thy son <FI>is<Fi> the dead, and my son the living.'”
1 Kings 3:23 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 3:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Then said the king, The one says, This that is living is my son, and thy son is the dead; and the other says, No, for thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. ”
1 Kings 3:23 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 3:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then sayde the King, She sayth, This that liueth is my sonne, and the dead is thy sonne: and the other sayth, Nay, but the dead is thy sonne, and the liuing is my sonne.”
1 Kings 3:23 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 3:23 in Context — 1 Kings 3
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.
24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
What Does 1 Kings 3:23 Mean?
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