1KI 3:23 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) The king spoke, “So both of you are claiming that your baby is the one that’s alive and that the dead one belongs to the other.”

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς αὐταῖς, σὺ λέγεις, οὗτος ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ζῶν, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς ταύτης ὁ τεθνηκώς· καὶ σὺ λέγεις, οὐχί, ἀλλὰ ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ζῶν, καὶ ὁ υἱός σου ὁ τεθνηκώς.
(Kai eipen ho basileus autais, su legeis, houtos ho huios mou ho zōn, kai ho huios tautaʸs ho tethnaʸkōs; kai su legeis, ouⱪi, alla ho huios mou ho zōn, kai ho huios sou ho tethnaʸkōs. )

BrTr And the king said to them, Thou sayest, This is my son, even the living one, and this woman's son is the dead one: and thou sayest, No, but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son.

ULT And the king said, “This one says, ‘This is my son, the living one, and your son is the dead one,’ but this one says, ‘No, but your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’ ”

UST Then the king said, “Both of you are saying, ‘My baby is the one that is alive and the one that is dead is yours.’ ”

BSB § Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’ ”

OEB Then the king said, ‘This one says, “This is my son, the living, and your son is the dead.” And the other says, “No; but your son is the dead, and my son is the living!’

WEBBE Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead one;’ and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’ ”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The king said, “One says, ‘My son is alive; your son is dead,’ while the other says, ‘No, your son is dead; my son is alive.’ ”

LSV And the king says, “This [one] says, This [is] my son, the living, and your son [is] the dead; and that [one] says, No, but your son [is] the dead, and my son the living.”

FBV The king intervened, saying, “So this woman says ‘My son is the one that's alive. Your son is the one that's dead,’ while the other woman says, ‘No! Your son is the one that's dead. My son is the one that's alive.’ ”

T4T Then the king said, “Both of you are saying, ‘My baby is the one that is alive and the one that is dead is yours.’ ”

LEB Then the king said, “This one is saying, ‘This is my son, the living one, but your son is the dead one,’ and the other one keeps saying, ‘But no! Your son is the dead one, and my son is living!’ ”

BBE Then the king said, One says, The living child is my son, and yours is the dead: and the other says, Not so; but your son is the dead one and mine is the living.

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JPS Then said the king: 'The one saith: This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead; and the other saith: Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.'

ASV Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

DRA Then said the king: The one saith, My child is alive, and thy child is dead. And the other answereth: Nay, but thy child is dead, and mine liveth.

YLT And the king saith, 'This [one] saith, This [is] my son, the living, and thy son [is] the dead; and that [one] saith, Nay, but thy son [is] the dead, and my son the living.'

Drby Then said the king, The one says, This that is living is my son, and thy son is the dead; and the other says, No, for thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

RV Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

Wbstr Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead; and the other saith, No; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

KJB-1769 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
(Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth/lives, and thy/your son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy/your son is the dead, and my son is the living. )

KJB-1611 Then said the King, The one saith, This is my sonne, that liueth, and thy sonne is the dead: and the other saith Nay: but thy sonne is the dead, and my sonne is the liuing.
(Then said the King, The one saith, This is my son, that liveth/lives, and thy/your son is the dead: and the other saith/says Nay: but thy/your son is the dead, and my son is the living.)

Bshps Then sayde the king: The one sayth, this that is alyue is my sonne, and the dead is thyne: And the other sayth, nay: but thy sonne is the dead, and the liuing childe is myne.
(Then said the king: The one sayth, this that is alive is my son, and the dead is thyne: And the other sayth, nay: but thy/your son is the dead, and the living child is myne.)

Gnva Then sayde the King, She sayth, This that liueth is my sonne, and the dead is thy sonne: and the other sayth, Nay, but the dead is thy sonne, and the liuing is my sonne.
(Then said the King, She sayth, This that liveth/lives is my son, and the dead is thy/your son: and the other sayth, Nay, but the dead is thy/your son, and the living is my son. )

Cvdl And the kynge sayde: This woma saieth: my sonne lyueth and thy sonne is deed: Yonder woman sayeth: Not so, thy sonne is deed, & my sonne lyueth.
(And the king said: This woma saieth: my son liveth/lives and thy/your son is dead: Yonder woman sayeth: Not so, thy/your son is dead, and my son liveth/lives.)

Wycl Thanne the kyng seide, This womman seith, My sone lyueth, and thi sone is deed; and this womman answerith, Nay, but thi sone is deed; forsothe my sone lyueth.
(Then the king said, This woman seith, My son liveth/lives, and thy/your son is dead; and this woman answerith, Nay, but thy/your son is dead; forsothe my son liveth/lives.)

Luth Und der König sprach: Diese spricht: Mein Sohn lebet und dein Sohn ist tot; jene spricht: Nicht also, dein Sohn ist tot und mein Sohn lebt.
(And the/of_the king spoke: This/These spricht: My son lives and your son is tot; jene spricht: Nicht also, your son is dead and my son lebt.)

ClVg Tunc rex ait: Hæc dicit: Filius meus vivit, et filius tuus mortuus est: et ista respondit: Non, sed filius tuus mortuus est, meus autem vivit.
(Tunc king he_said: This he_says: Son mine vivit, and son tuus dead it_is: and ista answered: Non, but son tuus dead it_is, mine however vivit. )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

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

Parallel 1KI 3:23