1 Kings 3:27

Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Then the king answered, “Give the first woman the living child, and definitely do not kill him. She is his mother.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the King answered, and sayde, Giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: this is his mother.

Darby Translation

And the king answered and said, Give this one the living child, and in no wise put it to death: she is its mother.

Young's Literal Translation

And the king answereth and saith, 'Give ye to her the living child, and put it not at all to death; she [is] its mother.'

Bible in Basic English

Then the king made answer and said, Give her the child, and do not put it to death; she is the mother of it.

In context

26Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”

28When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

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