1 Kings 3:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.”

1 Kings 3:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Kings 3:21 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Kings 3:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead; but when I had looked at him in the morning, behold, it was not my son whom I bore.””

1 Kings 3:21 — World English Bible

1 Kings 3:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I did bear.”

1 Kings 3:21 — American Standard Version

1 Kings 3:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and I rise in the morning to suckle my son, and lo, dead; and I consider concerning it in the morning, and lo, it was not my son whom I did bear.'”

1 Kings 3:21 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 3:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; and I considered it in the morning, and behold, it was not my son, whom I bore.”

1 Kings 3:21 — Darby Translation

1 Kings 3:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And when I rose in the morning to giue my sonne sucke, beholde, he was dead: and when I had well considered him in the morning, beholde, it was not my sonne, whom I had borne.”

1 Kings 3:21 — Geneva Bible

1 Kings 3:21 in Context — 1 Kings 3

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.

23 El rey entonces dijo: Esta dice: Mi hijo es el que vive, y tu hijo es el muerto: y la otra dice, No, mas el tuyo es el muerto, y mi hijo es el que vive.

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What Does 1 Kings 3:21 Mean?

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