25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.


In Context

22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

23 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.

24 And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

26 Then 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.

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

1 Kings 3:25 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:25He then gave an order: "Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:25Divide, said he, the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:25The king said, |Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:25and the king saith, 'Cut the living child into two, and give the half to the one, and the half to the other.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.