1 Kings 3:25

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and the king saith, `Cut the living child into two, and give the half to the one, and the half to the other.'

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  • Prov 25:8 : 8 Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

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  • 1 Kgs 3:26-28
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    91%

    26And the woman whose son `is' the living one saith unto the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), yea, she saith, `O, my lord, give to her the living child, and put it not at all to death;' and this `one' saith, `Let it be neither mine or thine -- cut `it'.'

    27And the king answereth and saith, `Give ye to her the living child, and put it not at all to death; she `is' its mother.'

    28And all Israel hear of the judgment that the king hath judged, and fear because of the king, for they have seen that the wisdom of God `is' in his heart, to do judgment.

  • 1 Kgs 3:19-24
    6 verses
    86%

    19And the son of this woman dieth at night, because she hath lain upon it,

    20and 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;

    21and I rise in the morning to suckle my son, and lo, dead; and I consider concerning it in the morning, and lo, it was not my son whom I did bear.'

    22And 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.

    23And 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.'

    24And the king saith, `Take for me a sword;' and they bring the sword before the king,

  • 2 Kgs 6:28-30
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    76%

    28And the king saith to her, `What -- to thee?' and she saith, `This woman said unto me, Give thy son, and we eat him to-day, and my son we eat to-morrow;

    29and we boil my son and eat him, and I say unto her on the next day, Give thy son, and we eat him; and she hideth her son.'

    30And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the woman, that he rendeth his garments, and he is passing by on the wall, and the people see, and lo, the sackcloth `is' on his flesh within.

  • Exod 1:16-18
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    72%

    16and saith, `When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it `is' a son -- then ye have put him to death; and if it `is' a daughter -- then she hath lived.'

    17And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;

    18and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, `Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?'

  • 2 Sam 14:6-8
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    6and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and the one smiteth the other, and putteth him to death;

    7and lo, the whole family hath risen against thy maid-servant, and say, Give up him who smiteth his brother, and we put him to death for the life of his brother whom he hath slain, and we destroy also the heir; and they have quenched my coal which is left -- so as not to set to my husband a name and remnant on the face of the ground.'

    8And the king saith unto the woman, `Go to thine house, and I give charge concerning thee.'

  • 1 Kgs 3:17
    71%

    17and the one woman saith, `O, my lord, I and this woman are dwelling in one house, and I bring forth with her, in the house;

  • 2 Sam 14:10-12
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    10And the king saith, `He who speaketh `aught' unto thee, and thou hast brought him unto me, then he doth not add any more to come against thee.'

    11And she saith, `Let, I pray thee, the king remember by Jehovah thy God, that the redeemer of blood add not to destroy, and they destroy not my son;' and he saith, `Jehovah liveth; if there doth fall of the hair of thy son to the earth.'

    12And the woman saith, `Let, I pray thee, thy maid-servant speak unto my lord the king a word;' and he saith, `Speak.'

  • 2 Sam 14:16
    69%

    16for the king doth hearken to deliver his handmaid out of the paw of the man `seeking' to destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God,

  • Mark 6:27-28
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    69%

    27and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought,

    28and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;

  • Esth 5:3
    69%

    3And the king saith to her, `What -- to thee Esther, O queen? and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is given to thee.'

  • Mark 6:23
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    23and he sware to her -- `Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee -- unto the half of my kingdom.'

  • Matt 14:8-9
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    68%

    8And she having been instigated by her mother -- `Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;

    9and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded `it' to be given;

  • 2 Sam 14:18-19
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    68%

    18And the king answereth and saith unto the woman, `Do not, I pray thee, hide from me the thing that I am asking thee;' and the woman saith, `Let, I pray thee, my lord the king speak.'

    19And the king saith, `Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?' And the woman answereth and saith, `Thy soul liveth, my lord, O king, none `doth turn' to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab he commanded me, and he put in the mouth of thy maid-servant all these words;

  • 1 Kgs 20:39
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    39And it cometh to pass -- the king is passing by -- that he hath cried unto the king, and saith, `Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle, and lo, a man hath turned aside and bringeth in unto me a man, and saith, Keep this man; if he be at all missing, then hath thy life been for his life, or a talent of silver thou dost weigh out;

  • 2 Chr 25:3
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    3And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong upon him, that he slayeth his servants, those smiting the king his father,

  • Jer 18:21
    67%

    21Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,

  • 2 Kgs 8:6
    67%

    6And the king asketh at the woman, and she recounteth to him, and the king appointeth to her a certain eunuch, saying, `Give back all that she hath, and all the increase of the field from the day of her leaving the land even till now.'

  • Exod 1:22
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    22and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, `Every son who is born -- into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.'

  • 1 Kgs 17:19
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    19And he saith unto her, `Give to me thy son;' and he taketh him out of her bosom, and taketh him up unto the upper chamber where he is abiding, and layeth him on his own bed,

  • 1 Sam 22:16
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    16And the king saith, `Thou dost surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all the house of thy father.'

  • Mark 6:25
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    25and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, `I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

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    16For before the youth doth know To refuse evil, and to fix on good, Forsaken is the land thou art vexed with, because of her two kings.

  • Esth 5:6
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    6And the king saith to Esther, during the banquet of wine, `What `is' thy petition? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is done.'

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    31And the king saith to him, `Do as he hath spoken, and fall upon him, and thou hast buried him, and turned aside the causeless blood which Joab shed, from off me, and from off the house of my father;

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    19and he saith unto his father, `My head, my head;' and he saith unto the young man, `Bear him unto his mother;'

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    12and now, come, let me counsel thee, I pray thee, and deliver thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon;