27The king answered, and said: Give the living child to this woman, and let it not be killed, for she is the mother thereof.
27The king answered, and said: Give the living child to this woman, and let it not be killed, for she is the mother thereof.
24 The king therefore said: Bring me a sword. And when they had brought a sword before the king,
25 Divide, said he, the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
26 But the woman whose child was alive, said to the king, (for her bowels were moved upon her child,) I beseech thee, my lord, give her the child alive, and do not kill it. But the other said: Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
27 The king answered, and said: Give the living child to this woman, and let it not be killed, for she is the mother thereof.
28 And all Israel heard the judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.
3:27Then the king gave his ruling: "Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother."
3:27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she [is] the mother thereof.
3:27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
3:27And the king answered and said, Give this one the living child, and in no wise put it to death: she is its mother.
3:27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
3:27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother of it.
3:27Then the king answered, |Give her the living child, and in no way kill it. She is its mother.|
3:27And the king answereth and saith, 'Give ye to her the living child, and put it not at all to death; she is its mother.'
3:27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.