1 Kings 3:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The king said, “Divide the living boy in two; then give half to the one and half to the other.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Then the king said, “Cut the living child in two! Give half to one woman and half to the other woman.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

he said, "Divide the living infant in two parts, and give a half part to the one and a half part to the other."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Kings 3:25 Cross References

1 Kings 3:24

So the king said, “Bring me a sword,” and they brought a sword before the king.

1 Kings 3:26

But the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because compassion for her son burned within her, “Please, my lord, give her the living boy; certainly do not kill him!” The other said, “It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it.”

Proverbs 25:8

do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?