1 Kings 3:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁷ The king responded, ‘Give the living baby to the first woman, and don’t kill him. She is his mother.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ Then the king said, Give her [who pleads for his life] the living baby, and by no means slay him. She is the child's mother.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²⁷ Then the king answered, “Give the first woman the living newborn. Don’t kill him. She is his mother.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ The king responded and said: "Give the living infant to this woman, and do not kill it. For she is his mother."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Kings 3:27 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 3:26

The woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she felt great compassion  , for her son. ‘My lord, give her the living baby,’ she said, ‘but please don’t have him killed! ’ But the other one said, ‘He will not be mine or yours. Cut him in two! ’

1 Kings 3:28

All Israel heard about the judgement the king had given, and they stood in awe of the king because they saw that God’s wisdom  was in him to carry out justice.