1 Kings 3:21

English Standard Version

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.” 

New International Version

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.’ 

New International Reader’s Version

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

King James Version

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. 

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