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


In Context

22 The other woman said, |No; but the living is my son, and the dead is your son.| This said, |No; but the dead is your son, and the living is my son.| Thus they spoke before the king.

23 Then the king said, |The one says, 'This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead;' and the other says, 'No; but your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'|

24 The king said, |Get me a sword.| They brought a sword before the king.

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

26 Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, |Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill it!| But the other said, |It shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide it.|

27 Then the king answered, |Give her the living child, and in no way kill it. She is its mother.|

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 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 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.