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OET (OET-RV) So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me, as your female servant was asleep. She left her dead son with me, and took my son to her bed.
OET-LV And_she/it_arose in_the_middle the_night and_she/it_took DOM son_my from_beside_me and_servant_your [was]_sleeping and_laid_him in/on/at/with_breast_her and_DOM son_her the_dead she_made_lie in/on/at/with_breast_my.
UHB וַתָּקָם֩ בְּת֨וֹךְ הַלַּ֜יְלָה וַתִּקַּ֧ח אֶת־בְּנִ֣י מֵֽאֶצְלִ֗י וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ יְשֵׁנָ֔ה וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵ֖הוּ בְּחֵיקָ֑הּ וְאֶת־בְּנָ֥הּ הַמֵּ֖ת הִשְׁכִּ֥יבָה בְחֵיקִֽי׃ ‡
(vattāqām bətōk hallaylāh vattiqqaḩ ʼet-bəniy mēʼeʦliy vaʼₐmātəkā yəshēnāh vattashkīⱱēhū bəḩēyqāh vəʼet-bənāh hammēt hishkiyⱱāh ⱱəḩēyqiy.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ ἀνέστη μέσης τῆς νυκτὸς, καὶ ἔλαβε τὸν υἱόν μου ἐκ τῶν ἀγκαλῶν μου, καὶ ἐκοίμισεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ αὐτῆς, καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν τεθνηκότα ἐκοίμισεν ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου.
(Kai anestaʸ mesaʸs taʸs nuktos, kai elabe ton huion mou ek tōn agkalōn mou, kai ekoimisen auton en tōi kolpōi autaʸs, kai ton huion autaʸs ton tethnaʸkota ekoimisen en tōi kolpōi mou. )
BrTr And she arose in the middle of the night, [fn]and took my son from my arms, and laid him in her bosom, and [fn]laid her dead son in my bosom.
ULT And she arose in the middle of the night and she took my son from my side, and your female servant was asleep. And she laid him in her bosom. And her son, the one who died, she laid in my bosom.
UST So she got up at midnight and took my baby boy who was lying beside me while I was sleeping. She carried him to her bed and brought her dead baby and put it in my bed.
BSB So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.
OEB And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me, while your maid-servant slept, and laid it in her bosom and laid her dead child in my bosom.
WEBBE She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me while your servant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your servant was sleeping. She put him in her arms, and put her dead son in my arms.
LSV and she rises in the middle of the night, and takes my son from beside me—and your handmaid is asleep—and lays him in her bosom, and she has laid her dead son in my bosom;
FBV She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while I was sleeping. She lay him close beside her to cuddle him, and she lay her dead son close beside me.
T4T So she got up at midnight and took my baby boy who was lying beside me while I was sleeping. She carried him to her bed and brought her dead baby and put it in my bed.
LEB So she got up in the middle of the night, and she took my son from beside me while your servant was asleep, and she put him in her lap, and she put her dead son in my lap.
BBE And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.
Moff No Moff 1KI book available
JPS And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
ASV And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
DRA And rising in the dead time of the night, she took my child from my side, while I thy handmaid was asleep, and laid it in her bosom: and laid her dead child in my bosom.
YLT and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me — and thy handmaid is asleep — and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom;
Drby And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.
RV And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
Wbstr And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
KJB-1769 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
(And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine/your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. )
KJB-1611 And shee arose at midnight, and tooke my sonne from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and layd it in her bosome, and layd her dead childe in my bosome.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps And she rose at midnight and toke my sonne from my syde while thyne handmayde slept, and layde it in her bosome, and put her dead childe in my bosome.
(And she rose at midnight and took my son from my side while thine/your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and put her dead child in my bosom.)
Gnva And she rose at midnight, and tooke my sonne from my side, while thine handmaide slept, and layde him in her bosome, and layde her dead sonne in my bosome.
(And she rose at midnight, and took my son from my side, while thine/your handmaid slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom. )
Cvdl and she rose vp in the nighte, and toke my sonne fro my syde (where thy handmayde slepte,) and layed it in hir arme, and hir deed sonne layed she in myne arme.
(and she rose up in the night, and took my son from my side (where thy/your handmaid slepte,) and laid it in her arm, and her dead son laid she in mine arme.)
Wycl and sche roos in the fourthe part of the nyyt in silence, and took my sone fro the side of me, thin handmaide slepynge, and settide in hir bosum; forsothe sche puttide in my bosum hir sone, that was deed.
(and she rose in the fourthe part of the night in silence, and took my son from the side of me, thin handmaid slepynge, and set in her bosom; forsothe she put in my bosom her son, that was dead.)
Luth Und sie stund in der Nacht auf und nahm meinen Sohn von meiner Seite, da deine Magd schlief, und legte ihn an ihren Arm und ihren toten Sohn legte sie an meinen Arm.
(And they/she/them stood in the/of_the night on and took my son from my Seite, there your Magd schlief, and laid him/it at your Arm and your toten son laid they/she/them at my Arm.)
ClVg Et consurgens intempestæ noctis silentio, tulit filium meum de latere meo, ancillæ tuæ dormientis, et collocavit in sinu suo: suum autem filium, qui erat mortuus, posuit in sinu meo.[fn]
(And consurgens intempestæ noctis silentio, took son mine about latere meo, ancillæ tuæ dormientis, and collocavit in sinu suo: his_own however filium, who was dead, put in sinu meo. )
3.20 Tulit filium. Vivum, scilicet: non ut possideret, sed ut occideret. Non enim fecit hoc filii amore, sed odio æmulæ.
3.20 Tulit filium. Vivum, scilicet: not/no as possideret, but as occideret. Non because he_did this children amore, but odio æmulæ.
3:16-28 Solomon’s judgment concerning the real mother of the living baby illustrates his wisdom in cases of civil jurisprudence. Chapters 4–10 illustrate his wisdom in all areas of his rule.
Solomon’s Wisdom
When God gave Solomon the opportunity to ask for anything he wanted, Solomon chose wisdom, so that he could “govern [God’s] people well and know the difference between right and wrong” (1 Kgs 3:9). In response to this unselfish choice, God granted the wisdom he desired (3:12) and the rewards of its proper use (3:13-14; 2 Chr 1:14-17).
Solomon’s subsequent behavior provided immediate evidence of his wisdom. He resolved an argument over a child with such insight that the people were “in awe of the king” (1 Kgs 3:16-28). Later, the queen of Sheba came to test him with difficult questions and found his wisdom exceeding all that she had heard about it (10:1-9). His administration (4:1-28), his diplomacy (5:1-9), his building projects (5:10–7:51), and his commerce (9:26-28; 10:14-29) all demonstrated his wisdom. Solomon accumulated vast knowledge (4:29-33) and wrote proverbs (much of the book of Proverbs), songs (Pss 72; 127), love poetry (the Song of Songs), and philosophical literature (Ecclesiastes). He used his wisdom to build the Temple (2 Chr 2:12), even as Bezalel had previously been endowed with wisdom to build the Tabernacle (Exod 31:1-3).
Jesus noted Solomon’s great wisdom and reminded his hearers that someone even greater than Solomon was among them (Matt 12:42). Jesus is the true wisdom of God in whom one can find ultimate wisdom (1 Cor 1:24). A life of wisdom is centered in Christ (1 Cor 1:18-25; Col 3:16; 2 Pet 3:18) and in Scripture (2 Tim 3:14-17).
Passages for Further Study
Exod 31:1-6; 1 Kgs 3:5-14; 3:16-28; 4:29-34; 5:2-7; 10:1-13; 2 Chr 1:7-12; Pss 72:1-20; 111:10; 127:1-5; Eccl 12:9-14; Isa 11:1-5; Jer 9:23-24; Matt 12:42; Jas 1:5
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / pronouns
your servant
(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_arose in_the=middle the=night and=she/it_took DOM son,my from,beside,me and,servant,your asleep and,laid,him in/on/at/with,breast,her and=DOM son,her the,dead put in/on/at/with,breast,my )
The woman speaks as if she were speaking of someone else to show that she respects Solomon. Alternate translation: “I”