1 Kings 3:20
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
KJV
Et consurgens intempestæ noctis silentio, tulit filium meum de latere meo, ancillæ tuæ dormientis, et collocavit in sinu suo : suum autem filium, qui erat mortuus, posuit in sinu meo.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀνέστη μέσης τῆς νυκτὸς καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸν υἱόν μου ἐκ τῶν ἀγκαλῶν μου καὶ ἐκοίμισεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ αὐτῆς, καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν τεθνηκότα ἐκοίμισεν ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου.
LXX
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
ASV
וַ/תָּקָם֩ בְּ/ת֨וֹךְ הַ/לַּ֜יְלָה וַ/תִּקַּ֧ח אֶת בְּנִ֣/י מֵֽ/אֶצְלִ֗/י וַ/אֲמָֽתְ/ךָ֙ יְשֵׁנָ֔ה וַ/תַּשְׁכִּיבֵ֖/הוּ בְּ/חֵיקָ֑/הּ וְ/אֶת בְּנָ֥/הּ הַ/מֵּ֖ת הִשְׁכִּ֥יבָה בְ/חֵיקִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 24:13 — They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
- John 3:20 — For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
- Matt 13:25 — But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
- Ps 139:11 — If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.