1 Kings 3:20
What does 1 Kings 3:20 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 3:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and 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;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And rising in the dead time of the night, she took my child from my side, while I, thy handmaid, was asleep, and laid it in her bosom: and laid her dead child in my bosom.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.
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Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
- Matthew 13:25
but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.
- Job 24:13
These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
- Psalms 139:11
If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
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