1 Kings 3:27

1 Kings chapter 3 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

Context

v.26Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.

v.27This passage

v.28And 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.