1 Kings 3:27 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Kings 3:27 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 →
וַיַּ֨עַן
ʻânâh
H6030
to answer
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
תְּנוּ
nâthan
H5414
to give
לָהּ֙
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַיָּל֣וּד
yâlad
H3205
to bear
הַחַ֔י
chay
H2416
living
וְהָמֵ֖ת
mûwth
H4191
to die
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
תְמִיתֻ֑הוּ
mûwth
H4191
to die
הִ֖יא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
אִמּֽוֹ
ʼêm
H517
mother
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Then the king answered, Give her the living child, and in no way kill it: she is the mother of it.
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King James Version Public Domain
Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the king answered and said, “Give the living child to her, and killing, you shall not kill him. She is his mother.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).