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1 Kings 3:21

21 When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead. But when I looked at him closely in the morning, behold, he was not the child that I had borne.”

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1 Kings 3:21 — The New International Version (NIV)

21 The next morning, I got up to nurse my son—and he was dead! But when I looked at him closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn’t the son I had borne.”

1 Kings 3:21 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

21 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.

1 Kings 3:21 — New Living Translation (NLT)

21 And in the morning when I tried to nurse my son, he was dead! But when I looked more closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn’t my son at all.”

1 Kings 3:21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

21 And when I rose in the morning to nurse my son, there he was, dead. But when I had examined him in the morning, indeed, he was not my son whom I had borne.”

1 Kings 3:21 — New Century Version (NCV)

21 The next morning when I got up to feed my baby, I saw that he was dead! When I looked at him more closely, I realized he was not my son.”

1 Kings 3:21 — American Standard Version (ASV)

21 And 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 did bear.

1 Kings 3:21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; and I considered it in the morning, and behold, it was not my son, whom I bore.

1 Kings 3:21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

21 When I got up in the morning to nurse my son, he was dead! I took a good look at him and realized that he wasn’t my son at all!” 

1 Kings 3:21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

21 When I got up in the morning to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. That morning, when I looked closely at him I realized that he was not the son I gave birth to.”

1 Kings 3:21 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

21 When I rose in the morning to nurse my son, I saw that he was dead; but when I looked at him closely in the morning, clearly it was not the son I had borne.”

1 Kings 3:21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

21 When I got up in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead! When I looked closely at him in the morning, behold, it was not my son whom I had borne.”

1 Kings 3:21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

21 The next morning, I got up to nurse my son. But he was dead! I looked at him closely in the morning light. And I saw that it wasn’t my baby.”

1 Kings 3:21 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

21 “When I rose in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne.”


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