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

²⁵ 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

²⁵ 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

²⁵ 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)

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

Common English Bible

²⁵ 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

²⁵ he said, "Divide the living infant in two parts, and give a half part to the one and a half part to the other."

1 Kings 3:25 Cross References

Proverbs 25:8

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

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.”