Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;
New American Standard Bible
But the midwives
King James Version
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
Holman Bible
The Hebrew midwives, however, feared God
International Standard Version
But the midwives feared God and didn't do what the king of Egypt told them. Instead, they let the boys live.
A Conservative Version
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
American Standard Version
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
Amplified
But the midwives feared God [with profound reverence] and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded, but they let the boy babies live.
Bible in Basic English
But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.
Darby Translation
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.
Julia Smith Translation
And the midwives will fear God, and they did not according to what the king of Egypt said to them, and they will preserve alive the boys.
King James 2000
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But the midwives feared God, and they did not do as the king of Egypt had said to them. They let the boys live.
Modern King James verseion
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved alive the male children.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Notwithstanding, the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them: but saved the men children.
NET Bible
But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.
New Heart English Bible
But the midwives feared God, and did not do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
The Emphasized Bible
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt spake unto them, - but suffered the male children to live.
Webster
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children alive.
World English Bible
But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
Themes
Egypt » History of israel in » Male children destroyed
Oppression » Instances of » Of israelites, by egyptians
Interlinear
Yalad
Yare'
'elohiym
Dabar
Chayah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 1:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel And Oppression In Egypt
16 and saith, 'When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it is a son -- then ye have put him to death; and if it is a daughter -- then she hath lived.' 17 And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive; 18 and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, 'Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?'
Names
Cross References
Acts 5:29
And Peter and the apostles answering, said, 'To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;
Proverbs 16:6
In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.
Daniel 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego have answered, yea, they are saying to the king Nebuchadnezzar, 'We have no need concerning this matter to answer thee.
Daniel 6:13
Then they have answered, yea, they are saying before the king, that, 'Daniel, who is of the sons of the Removed of Judah, hath not placed on thee, O king, any regard, nor on the interdict that thou hast signed, and three times in a day he is seeking his petition.'
Genesis 20:11
And Abraham saith, 'Because I said, 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;
Genesis 42:18
And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, 'This do and live; God I fear!
Exodus 1:21
and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;
Nehemiah 5:15
the former governors who are before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people -- and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.
Psalm 31:19
How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee,
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.
Proverbs 24:11-12
If from delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back.
Ecclesiastes 8:12
Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred times, and prolonging himself for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
The end of the whole matter let us hear: -- 'Fear God, and keep His commands, for this is the whole of man.
Hosea 5:11
Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.
Micah 6:16
And kept habitually are the statutes of Omri, And all the work of the house of Ahab, And ye do walk in their counsels, For My giving thee for a desolation, And its inhabitants for a hissing, And the reproach of My people ye do bear!
Matthew 10:28
'And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.
Luke 12:5
but I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him.
Acts 4:18-20
And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus,