1 Kings 3:25
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
In context
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,
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!”
27 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.”
1 Kings 3:25 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
- KJV King James Version
- And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
- WEB World English Bible
- The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and the king saith, 'Cut the living child into two, and give the half to the one, and the half to the other.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.