1 Kings 3:20
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.
1 Kings 3:20 in other translations
| 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. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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; |
| DARBY | 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. |
| 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. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 1 Kings 3:20 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 3:16-28
An instance of Solomon's wisdom is given. Notice the difficulty of the case. To find out the true mother, he could not try which the child loved best, and therefore tried which loved the child best: the mother's sincerity will be tried, when the child is in danger. Let parents show their love to their children, especially by taking care of their souls, and snatching them as brands out of the burning. By this and…
1 Kings 3:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 3:20
- John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
- Matthew 13:25
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
- Job 24:13-17
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. …
- Psalms 139:11
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
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Context
- 1 Kings 3:19
And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
- 1 Kings 3:20
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.
- 1 Kings 3:21
And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
1 Kings 3:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y levantóse á media noche, y tomó á mi hijo de junto á mí, estando yo tu sierva durmiendo, y púsolo á su lado, y púsome á mi lado su hijo muerto. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et elle se leva au milieu de la nuit, et prit mon fils d’à côté de moi, pendant que ta servante dormait, et le coucha dans son sein; et son fils, qui était mort, elle le coucha dans mon sein. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie stand mitten in der Nacht auf und nahm meinen Sohn von meiner Seite, während deine Magd schlief, und legte ihn an ihren Busen; ihren toten Sohn aber legte sie an meinen Busen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | 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. |