1 Kings 3:21 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Kings 3:21 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וָאָקֻ֥ם
qûwm
H6965
to rise
בַּבֹּ֛קֶר
bôqer
H1242
morning
לְהֵינִ֥יק
yânaq
H3243
to nurse
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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בְּנִ֖י
bên
H1121
son
וְהִנֵּה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
מֵ֑ת
mûwth
H4191
to die
וָאֶתְבּוֹנֵ֤ן
bîyn
H995
to understand
אֵלָיו֙
ʼêl
H413
to
בַּבֹּ֔קֶר
bôqer
H1242
morning
וְהִנֵּ֛ה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
הָיָ֥ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
בְנִ֖י
bên
H1121
son
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
יָלָֽדְתִּי
yâlad
H3205
to bear
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World English Bible Public Domain
When I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I bore.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And I arose in the morning to nurse my son, and behold, he had died. But I looked carefully upon him in the morning, and behold, he was not my son whom I had borne.”
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