1 Kings 3:22
And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
1 Kings 3:22 in other translations
| BSB | “No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king. |
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| WEB | The other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” The first one said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” They argued like this before the king. |
| ASV | And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. |
| YLT | And the other woman saith, ‘Nay, but my son is the living, and thy son the dead;' and this one saith, ‘Nay, but thy son is the dead, and my son the living.' And they speak before the king. |
| DARBY | And the other woman said, No, for the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this one said, No, but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king. |
| BBE | And the other woman said, No; but the living child is my son and the dead one yours. But the first said, No; the dead child is your son and the living one mine. So they kept on talking before the king. |
| Webster | And the other woman said, No; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king. |
What does 1 Kings 3:22 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 3:22 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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 3:22
And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
- 1 Kings 3:23
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.
1 Kings 3:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces la otra mujer dijo: No; mi hijo es el que vive, y tu hijo es el muerto. Y la otra volvió á decir: No; tu hijo es el muerto, y mi hijo es el que vive. Así hablaban delante del rey. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’autre femme dit: Non, car mon fils est celui qui vit, et ton fils est celui qui est mort. Et celle-là disait: Non, car ton fils est celui qui est mort, et mon fils est celui qui vit. Elles parlaient ainsi devant le roi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und das andere Weib sprach: Nein! sondern mein Sohn ist der lebendige, und dein Sohn ist der tote. Und jene sprach: Nein! sondern dein Sohn ist der tote, und mein Sohn ist der lebendige. Und so redeten sie vor dem König. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Responditque altera mulier: Non est ita ut dicis, sed filius tuus mortuus est, meus autem vivit. E contrario illa dicebat: Mentiris: filius quippe meus vivit, et filius tuus mortuus est. Atque in hunc modum contendebant coram rege. |