1 Kings 3:27
25 and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
26 Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”
28 When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”
- KJV
- Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
- WEB
- Then the king answered, “Give the first woman the living child, and definitely do not kill him. She is his mother.”
- ASV
- Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
- DARBY
- And the king answered and said, Give this one the living child, and in no wise put it to death: she is its mother.
- BLB
- And the king answered and said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She [is] his mother.”
- ÅB
- Da tok kongen til orde og sa: Gi henne det levende barn og drep det ikke! Hun er dets mor.
- OTB
- Da svarte kongen, "Gi den første kvinnen det levende barnet, og drep ham ikke. Hun er hans mor."
- B1930
- Da tok kongen til orde og sa: Gi henne det levende barn og drep det ikke! Hun er dets mor.