1 Kings 3:23 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Kings 3:23 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 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
זֹ֣את
zôʼth
H2063
this
אֹמֶ֔רֶת
ʼâmar
H559
to say
זֶה
zeh
H2088
this
בְּנִ֥י
bên
H1121
son
הַחַ֖י
chay
H2416
living
וּבְנֵ֣ךְ
bên
H1121
son
הַמֵּ֑ת
mûwth
H4191
to die
וְזֹ֤את
zôʼth
H2063
this
אֹמֶ֨רֶת֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
כִ֔י
kîy
H3588
that
בְּנֵ֥ךְ
bên
H1121
son
הַמֵּ֖ת
mûwth
H4191
to die
וּבְנִ֥י
bên
H1121
son
הֶחָֽי
chay
H2416
living
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World English Bible Public Domain
Then said the king, The one says, This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead: and the other says, No; but your son is the dead, and my son is the living.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the king said, “This one says, ‘This my son, the living one, and your son the one having died,’ but that one says, ‘No, but your son the one having died, and my son the living one.’”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).