1 Kings 3:27
World English Bible (WEB)
Then the king answered, “Give the first woman the living child, and definitely do not kill him. She is his mother.”
In context
25 The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”
26 Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill him!” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”
27 Then the king answered, “Give the first woman the living child, and definitely do not kill him. She is his mother.”
28 All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
1 Kings 3:27 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Then the king answered, “Give the first woman the living child, and definitely do not kill him. She is his mother.”
- KJV King James Version
- Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the king answereth and saith, 'Give ye to her the living child, and put it not at all to death; she [is] its mother.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the king answered and said, Give this one the living child, and in no wise put it to death: she is its mother.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother of it.