Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
{And so} because the midwives feared God, he gave them {families}.
New American Standard Bible
Because the midwives
King James Version
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
Holman Bible
Since the midwives feared God, He gave them families.
International Standard Version
Because the midwives feared God, he provided families for them.
A Conservative Version
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.
Amplified
And because the midwives feared God [with profound reverence],
Bible in Basic English
And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
Julia Smith Translation
And it will be because the midwives will fear God, and he will make houses for them.
King James 2000
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.
Modern King James verseion
And it happened, because the midwives feared God, that He made them houses.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and - because the midwives feared God - he made them houses.
NET Bible
And because the midwives feared God, he made households for them.
New Heart English Bible
It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.
The Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made for them households.
Webster
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
World English Bible
It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.
Youngs Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;
Themes
Egypt » History of israel in » Male children destroyed
Fear » The reward for fearing the lord
Oppression » Instances of » Of israelites, by egyptians
Interlinear
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Yare'
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 1:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel And Oppression In Egypt
20 And God did the midwives good, and the [Israelite] people became many and were very numerous. 21 {And so} because the midwives feared God, he gave them {families}. 22 And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "Every son who is born you will throw into the Nile, and every daughter you will let live."
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:35
But I will raise up for myself a reliable priest; he will do just according to what [is] in my heart and in my soul. I will build for him a lasting house and he will walk continually before my anointed one {forever}.
1 Kings 11:38
It shall be that if you listen to all that I command you and you walk in my ways and you do right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, then I will be with you, and I will build an enduring house for you as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
1 Kings 2:24
So then, {as Yahweh lives}, who has established me and seated me on the throne of my father David and who has established for me a dynasty as he promised, then surely Adonijah will be put to death today."
2 Samuel 7:27-29
For you, O Yahweh of hosts, [are] God of Israel! You have revealed to the ear of your servant, 'I will build a house for you'; therefore your servant {has found courage} to pray this prayer to you.
Psalm 127:1
Unless Yahweh builds a house, its builders labor at it in vain. Unless Yahweh guards a city, a guard watches in vain.
1 Samuel 25:28
Please forgive the transgression of your female servant, because Yahweh will certainly make a lasting house for my lord, because my lord [is] fighting the battles of Yahweh, and evil will not be found in you {as long as you live}.
2 Samuel 7:11-13
{In the manner that} I appointed judges over my people Israel, I will give you rest from all your enemies. And Yahweh declares to you that Yahweh will build a house for you.
Psalm 37:3
Trust Yahweh and do good. Abide [in the] land and feed on faithfulness.
Psalm 127:3
Look, children [are] the heritage of Yahweh; the fruit of the womb [is] a reward.
Proverbs 24:3
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.
Ecclesiastes 8:12
Although the sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will be good for those who fear God--because they fear {his presence}.
Jeremiah 35:2
"Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak with them, and bring them [to] the house of Yahweh into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink."