Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him.

King James Version

Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

Holman Bible

Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

International Standard Version

Right about then, two prostitutes approached the king and requested an audience with him.

A Conservative Version

Then two women who were harlots came to the king, and stood before him.

American Standard Version

Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

Amplified

Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

Bible in Basic English

Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;

Darby Translation

Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.

Julia Smith Translation

Then will come two women, harlots, to the king, and they will stand before him.

King James 2000

Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then two prostitutes came to the king, and they stood before him.

Modern King James verseion

Then there came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then came there two women that were harlots unto the king and stood before him.

NET Bible

Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

New Heart English Bible

Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.

The Emphasized Bible

Then, came there in two unchaste women, unto the king, - and stood before him.

Webster

Then came there two women, that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him.

World English Bible

Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.

Youngs Literal Translation

then come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

unto the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

References

Context Readings

Solomon's Wisdom Tested: The Two Prostitutes

15 Then Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and made peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants. 16 Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him. 17 The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.

Cross References

Exodus 18:16

When they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor and make known the statutes of God and His laws.”

Leviticus 19:29

Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.

Numbers 27:2

They stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the leaders and all the congregation, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, saying,

Deuteronomy 23:17

None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute.

Joshua 2:1

Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly from Shittim, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.

Judges 11:1

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. And Gilead was the father of Jephthah.

Exodus 18:13

It came about the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from the morning until the evening.

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