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


In Context

22 The other woman said, "No! The living one is my son; the dead one is yours." But the first one insisted, "No! The dead one is yours; the living one is mine." And so they argued before the king.

23 The king said, "This one says, 'My son is alive and your son is dead,' while that one says, 'No! Your son is dead and mine is alive.' "

24 Then the king said, "Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword for the king.

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

26 The woman whose son was alive was filled with compassion for her son and said to the king, "Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don't kill him!" But the other said, "Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!"

27 Then the king gave his ruling: "Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother."

1st Kings 3:25 in Other Translations

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 American Standard 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 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.