1 Kings 3:23
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.”
22 “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.
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,
25 and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
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
- 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.’”
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.’”
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- And the king said, “This one says, ‘This [is] my son who lives, and your son [is] the dead one,’ and this one says, ‘No, but your son [is] the dead one, and my son [is] the living one.’”
- ÅB
- Da sa kongen: Den ene sier: Denne som lever, er min sønn, og den som er død, er din. Og den andre sier: Nei, den som er død, er din sønn, og den som lever, er min.
- OTB
- Da sa kongen, "Denne sier: 'Dette er min sønn, den levende, og din sønn er den døde'; og den andre sier: 'Nei! Din sønn er den døde, og min sønn er den levende.'"
- B1930
- Da sa kongen: Den ene sier: Denne som lever, er min sønn, og den som er død, er din. Og den andre sier: Nei, den som er død, er din sønn, og den som lever, er min.