The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
- BSB One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.
- NKJV And one woman said, “O my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house.
- NASB The one woman said, “Pardon me, my lord: this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.
- NLT “Please, my lord,” one of them began, “this woman and I live in the same house. I gave birth to a baby while she was with me in the house.
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