1 Kings 3:22
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.
21 The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”
“No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.
23 Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”
24 The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,
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.
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- BSB
- “No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” The first one said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” They argued like this before the king.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And the other woman said, No, for the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this one said, No, but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.
- BLB
- And the other woman said, “No, but my son [is] the living one, and your son [is] the dead one.” And this [woman] said, “No, but your son [is] the dead one, and my son [is] the living one.” And they spoke before the face of the king.
- ÅB
- Da sa den andre kvinne: Nei, den som lever, er min sønn, og den som er død, er din. Men den første sa: Nei, den som er død, er din sønn, og den som lever, er min. Slik talte de mens de sto for kongen.
- OTB
- Da sa den andre kvinnen, "Nei! Den levende er min sønn, og den døde er din sønn." Men den første kvinnen sa, "Nei! Den døde er din sønn, og den levende er min sønn." Slik talte de foran kongen.
- B1930
- Da sa den andre kvinne: Nei, den som lever, er min sønn, og den som er død, er din. Men den første sa: Nei, den som er død, er din sønn, og den som lever, er min. Således talte de mens de stod for kongen.