1 Kings 3:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.”

1 Kings 3:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Kings 3:20 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Kings 3:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me while your servant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.”

1 Kings 3:20 — World English Bible

1 Kings 3:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.”

1 Kings 3:20 — American Standard Version

1 Kings 3:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me--and thy handmaid is asleep--and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom;”

1 Kings 3:20 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 3:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.”

1 Kings 3:20 — Darby Translation

1 Kings 3:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And she rose at midnight, and tooke my sonne from my side, while thine handmaide slept, and layde him in her bosome, and layde her dead sonne in my bosome.”

1 Kings 3:20 — Geneva Bible

1 Kings 3:20 in Context — 1 Kings 3

18 Y aconteció al tercer día después que yo parí, que ésta parió también, y morábamos nosotras juntas; ninguno de fuera estaba en casa, sino nosotras dos en la casa.

19 Y una noche el hijo de esta mujer murió, porque ella se acostó sobre él.

20 Y levantóse á media noche, y tomó á mi hijo de junto á mí, estando yo tu sierva durmiendo, y púsolo á su lado, y púsome á mi lado su hijo muerto.

21 Y como yo me levanté por la mañana para dar el pecho á mi hijo, he aquí que estaba muerto: mas observéle por la mañana, y vi que no era mi hijo, que yo había parido.

22 Entonces la otra mujer dijo: No; mi hijo es el que vive, y tu hijo es el muerto. Y la otra volvió á decir: No; tu hijo es el muerto, y mi hijo es el que vive. Así hablaban delante del rey.

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What Does 1 Kings 3:20 Mean?

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