• 1 Kings 3:26
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 26 At once the woman whose son was the living one pleaded with the king, for her compassions were stirred toward her son. She said: “Please, my lord! You should give her the living child! By no means put him to death!” But the other woman was saying: “He will be neither mine nor yours! Let them cut him in two!”

  • 1 Kings 3:26
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References

    • 26 At once the woman whose son was the living one said to the king (for her inward emotions+ were excited toward her son,+ so that she said): “Excuse me,+ my lord! YOU men, give her the living child. Do not by any means put him to death.” All the while this other woman was saying: “Neither mine nor yours will he become. YOU men, do the severing!”+

  • 1 Kings 3:26
    The Bible in Living English

    • 26 And the woman whose son the live child was said to the king (for she was in a fever of alarm for her son) “O, sir, give her the babe, don’t kill it”; but the other was saying “I don’t have it and you don’t either! Slice!”

  • 1 Kings 3:26
    American Standard Version

    • 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.

  • 1 Kings 3:26
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 26 Then spake the woman whose was the living child unto the king—for tender became her compassions over her son—so she said—Pardon, my lord! Give her the living child, and do not kill it. But the other kept on saying—Neither mine nor thine shall it be, divide it.

  • 1 Kings 3:26
    King James Version

    • 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.