1 Kings 3:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.”
1 Kings 3:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 3:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 3:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead one;’ and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’””
1 Kings 3:23 — World English Bible
1 Kings 3:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.”
1 Kings 3:23 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 3:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the king saith, `This <FI>one<Fi> saith, This <FI>is<Fi> my son, the living, and thy son <FI>is<Fi> the dead; and that <FI>one<Fi> saith, Nay, but thy son <FI>is<Fi> the dead, and my son the living.'”
1 Kings 3:23 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 3:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Then said the king, The one says, This that is living is my son, and thy son is the dead; and the other says, No, for thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.”
1 Kings 3:23 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 3:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then sayde the King, She sayth, This that liueth is my sonne, and the dead is thy sonne: and the other sayth, Nay, but the dead is thy sonne, and the liuing is my sonne.”
1 Kings 3:23 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 3:23 in Context — 1 Kings 3
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.
24 Y dijo el rey: Traedme un cuchillo. Y trajeron al rey un cuchillo.
25 En seguida el rey dijo: Partid por medio el niño vivo, y dad la mitad á la una, y la otra mitad á la otra.
What Does 1 Kings 3:23 Mean?
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