1 Kings 3:25

In 11 translations

BSB

and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

and the king says, “Cut the living child into two, and give half to one, and half to the other.”

YLT

and the king saith, 'Cut the living child into two, and give the half to the one, and the half to the other.'

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

And the King sayde, Deuide ye the liuing child in twaine, and giue the one halfe to the one, and the other halfe to the other.

JPS

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

LXXE

And the king said, Divide the live child, the suckling, in two; and give half of it to one, and half of it to the other.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ גִּזְר֛וּ אֶת־הַיֶּ֥לֶד הַחַ֖י לִשְׁנָ֑יִם וּתְנ֤וּ אֶֽת־הַחֲצִי֙ לְאַחַ֔ת וְאֶֽת־הַחֲצִ֖י לְאֶחָֽת׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς, διέλετε τὸ παιδίον τὸ ζῶν τὸ θηλάζον εἰς δύο, καὶ δότε τὸ ἥμισυ αὐτοῦ ταύτῃ, καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ αὐτοῦ ταύτῃ.

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• Proverbs 25:8do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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