1 Kings 3:18
16 At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
17 One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.
On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.
19 During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.
20 So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- And it came to pass the third day after 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.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; no stranger was with us in the house, only we two were in the house.
- BLB
- And it came to pass, the third day of my bringing forth, that this woman also brought forth, and we [were] together. No one [was] with us in the house except the two of us in the house.
- ÅB
- Og den tredje dag etter at jeg hadde født, fødte også denne kvinne et barn. Der var vi nå sammen; det var ingen fremmed hos oss i huset; bare vi to var i huset.
- OTB
- På den tredje dagen etter at jeg fødte, fødte også denne kvinnen et barn. Vi var sammen; det var ingen fremmed med oss i huset, bare vi to.
- B1930
- Og den tredje dag efterat jeg hadde født, fødte også denne kvinne et barn. Der var vi nu sammen; det var ingen fremmed hos oss i huset; bare vi to var i huset.