ESV: Then the king answered and said, “Give the living child to the first woman, and by no means put him to death; she is his mother.”
NIV: Then the king gave his ruling: 'Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.'
NASB: Then the king replied, 'Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She is his mother.'
CSB: The king responded, "Give the living baby to the first woman, and don't kill him. She is his mother."
NLT: Then the king said, 'Do not kill the child, but give him to the woman who wants him to live, for she is his mother!'
KJV: Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
NKJV: So the king answered and said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother.”
