1 Kings 3:24

Young's Literal Translation

And the king saith, `Take for me a sword;' and they bring the sword before the king,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought the sword to the king.

Hebrew Names Version
The king said, Get me a sword. They brought a sword before the king.

King James Version
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

English Standard Version
And the king said, "Bring me a sword." So a sword was brought before the king.

New Century Version
The king sent his servants to get a sword. When they brought it to him,

New English Translation
The king ordered, "Get me a sword!" So they placed a sword before the king.

Amplified Bible
Then the king said, "Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.

New American Standard Bible
And the king said, "Get me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the King said, Bring me a sworde: & they brought out a sworde before the King.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the king said, "Get me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.

Contemporary English Version
Someone bring me a sword." A sword was brought, and Solomon ordered,

Complete Jewish Bible
Bring me a sword," said the king. They brought a sword to the king.

Darby Translation
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then King Solomon sent his servant to get a sword.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Good News Translation
He sent for a sword, and when it was brought,

Lexham English Bible
So the king said, "Bring me a sword," and they brought the sword before the king.

Literal Translation
And the king said, Bring a sword to me. And they brought the sword before the king.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the kynge saide: Fetch me a swerde. And whan the swerde was brought before the kynge,

American Standard Version
And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Bible in Basic English
Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king sayde: Bring me a sworde. And they brought out a sworde before the king.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king said: 'Fetch me a sword.' And they brought a sword before the king.

King James Version (1611)
And the King said, Bring mee a sword. And they brought a sword before the king:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king said, Fetch a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

English Revised Version
And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Berean Standard Bible
The king continued, "Bring me a sword." So they brought him a sword,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the kyng seide, Brynge ye to me a swerd. And whanne thei hadden brouyt a swerd bifor the kyng,

Update Bible Version
And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

World English Bible
The king said, Get me a sword. They brought a sword before the king.

New King James Version
Then the king said, "Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.

New Living Translation
All right, bring me a sword." So a sword was brought to the king.

New Life Bible
And the king said, "Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword to the king.

New Revised Standard
So the king said, "Bring me a sword," and they brought a sword before the king.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king said - Bring me a sword! So they brought a sword before the king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The king therefore said: Bring me a sword. And when they had brought a sword before the king,

Revised Standard Version
And the king said, "Bring me a sword." So a sword was brought before the king.

THE MESSAGE
After a moment the king said, "Bring me a sword." They brought the sword to the king.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The king said, "Get me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ then come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him, ¹⁷ and the one woman saith, `O, my lord, I and this woman are dwelling in one house, and I bring forth with her, in the house; <sup>18</sup> and it cometh to pass on the third day of my bringing forth, that this woman also bringeth forth, and we [are] together, there is no stranger with us in the house, save we two, in the house. <sup>19</sup> And the son of this woman dieth at night, because she hath lain upon it, <sup>20</sup> and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me -- and thy handmaid is asleep -- and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom; <sup>21</sup> and I rise in the morning to suckle my son, and lo, dead; and I consider concerning it in the morning, and lo, it was not my son whom I did bear.' <sup>22</sup> And the other woman saith, `Nay, but my son [is] the living, and thy son the dead;' and this [one] saith, `Nay, but thy son [is] the dead, and my son the living.' And they speak before the king. <sup>23</sup> And the king saith, `This [one] saith, This [is] my son, the living, and thy son [is] the dead; and that [one] saith, Nay, but thy son [is] the dead, and my son the living.' ²⁴ And the king saith, `Take for me a sword;' and they bring the sword before the king, <sup>25</sup> and the king saith, `Cut the living child into two, and give the half to the one, and the half to the other.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:22 - Nay

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,

Genesis 3:8
And they hear the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:9
And Jehovah God calleth unto the man, and saith to him, `Where [art] thou?'

Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband [is] thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

Genesis 3:17
And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed [is] the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,

Genesis 3:18
and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;

Genesis 3:22
And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' --

Exodus 25:2
`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering.

Numbers 22:23
and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing in the way, and his drawn sword in his hand, and the ass turneth aside out of the way, and goeth into a field, and Balaam smiteth the ass to turn it aside into the way.

Joshua 5:13
And it cometh to pass in Joshua's being by Jericho, that he lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, one standing over-against him, and his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua goeth unto him, and saith to him, `Art thou for us or for our adversaries?'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said, bring me a sword,.... The design of which might not at first appear to the court, and it might be thought strange, and greatly wondered at: what should be the meaning of it:

and they brought a sword before the king; his commands were obeyed.