1 Kings 3:18
New International Version
The third day after my child was born, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one in the house but the two of us.

New Living Translation
Three days later this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there were only two of us in the house.

English Standard Version
Then on the third day after I gave birth, this woman also gave birth. And we were alone. There was no one else with us in the house; only we two were in the house.

Berean Standard Bible
On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.

King James Bible
And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

New King James Version
Then it happened, the third day after I had given birth, that this woman also gave birth. And we were together; no one was with us in the house, except the two of us in the house.

New American Standard Bible
And it happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house.

NASB 1995
“It happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house.

NASB 1977
“And it happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house.

Legacy Standard Bible
And it happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house.

Amplified Bible
And on the third day after I gave birth, this woman also gave birth. And we were [alone] together; no one else was with us in the house, just we two.

Christian Standard Bible
On the third day after I gave birth, she also had a baby and we were alone. No one else was with us in the house; just the two of us were there.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
On the third day after I gave birth, she also had a baby and we were alone. No one else was with us in the house; just the two of us were there.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And after three days when I gave birth, this woman also gave birth, and we were together in the house, and there was no male stranger with us, but only we two in the house.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it came to pass on the third day after I was delivered, this woman also was delivered: and we were together; and there was no one with us besides our two selves in the house.

Contemporary English Version
and three days later her baby was born. Nobody else was there with us.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the third day, after that I was delivered, she also was delivered, and we were together, and no other person with us in the house, only we two.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Two days later this woman also gave birth [to a son]. We were alone. No one else was with us. Just the two of us were in the house.

Good News Translation
Two days after my child was born, she also gave birth to a baby boy. Only the two of us were there in the house--no one else was present.

International Standard Version
Three days later, this woman also gave birth. We lived alone there. There was nobody else with us in the house. It was just the two of us.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

Literal Standard Version
and it comes to pass on the third day of my bringing forth, that this woman also brings forth, and we [are] together, there is no stranger with us in the house, except the two of us, in the house.

Majority Standard Bible
On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.

New American Bible
On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also gave birth. We were alone; no one else was in the house with us; only the two of us were in the house.

NET Bible
Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us.

New Revised Standard Version
Then on the third day after I gave birth, this woman also gave birth. We were together; there was no one else with us in the house, only the two of us were in the house.

New Heart English Bible
It happened the third day after I delivered, that this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save us two in the house.

World English Bible
The third day after I delivered, this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Additional Translations ...














Verse 18. - And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. [Emphasis is laid on this fact, as showing the possibility of the fraud and the impossibility of producing proof. Hebrew women have always required but little assistance in childbearing. That which is written in Exodus 1:19 is true to this day.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
On the third
הַשְּׁלִישִׁי֙ (haš·šə·lî·šî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 7992: Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell)

day
בַּיּ֤וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

after I gave birth,
לְלִדְתִּ֔י (lə·liḏ·tî)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

this woman
הָאִשָּׁ֣ה (hā·’iš·šāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

also
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

had a baby.
וַתֵּ֖לֶד (wat·tê·leḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

We
וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ (wa·’ă·naḥ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's 587: We

were alone,
יַחְדָּ֗ו (yaḥ·dāw)
Adverb
Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly

with
אִתָּ֙נוּ֙ (’it·tā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

no
אֵֽין־ (’ên-)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

one
זָ֤ר (zār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery

in the house
בַּבַּ֔יִת (bab·ba·yiṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

but
זוּלָתִ֥י (zū·lā·ṯî)
Preposition
Strong's 2108: Scattering, removal, except

the two
שְׁתַּֽיִם־ (šə·ta·yim-)
Number - fd
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

of us.
אֲנַ֖חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū)
Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's 587: We


Links
1 Kings 3:18 NIV
1 Kings 3:18 NLT
1 Kings 3:18 ESV
1 Kings 3:18 NASB
1 Kings 3:18 KJV

1 Kings 3:18 BibleApps.com
1 Kings 3:18 Biblia Paralela
1 Kings 3:18 Chinese Bible
1 Kings 3:18 French Bible
1 Kings 3:18 Catholic Bible

OT History: 1 Kings 3:18 It happened the third day after (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg)
1 Kings 3:17
Top of Page
Top of Page