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


In Context

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.|

28 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.

1 Kings 3:27 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:27Then the king gave his ruling: "Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she [is] the mother thereof.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:27The king answered, and said: Give the living child to this woman, and let it not be killed, for she is the mother thereof.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother of it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.