Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;

New American Standard Bible

Because the midwives feared God, He established households for them.

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], He established families and households for them.

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{And so} because the midwives feared God, 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

References

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Context Readings

Israel And Oppression In Egypt

20 And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty; 21 and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households; 22 and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, 'Every son who is born -- into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.'

Cross References

1 Samuel 2:35

and I have raised up for Me a stedfast priest; as in My heart and in My soul he doth do; and I have built for him a stedfast house, and he hath walked up and down before Mine anointed all the days;

1 Kings 11:38

and it hath been, if thou dost hear all that I command thee, and hast walked in My ways, and done that which is right in Mine eyes, to keep My statutes and My commands, as did David My servant, that I have been with thee, and have built for thee a stedfast house, as I built for David, and have given to thee Israel,

1 Kings 2:24

and now, Jehovah liveth, who hath established me, and causeth me to sit on the throne of David my father, and who hath made for me an house as He spake -- surely to-day is Adonijah put to death.'

2 Samuel 7:27-29

For Thou, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant, saying, A house I build for thee, therefore hath Thy servant found his heart to pray unto Thee this prayer;

Psalm 127:1

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

1 Samuel 25:28

Bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy handmaid, for Jehovah doth certainly make to my lord a stedfast house; for the battles of Jehovah hath my lord fought, and evil is not found in thee all thy days.

2 Samuel 7:11-13

even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I have given rest to thee from all thine enemies, and Jehovah hath declared to thee that Jehovah doth make for thee a house.

Psalm 37:3

Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell in the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

Psalm 127:3

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah are sons, A reward is the fruit of the womb.

Proverbs 24:3

By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.

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.

Jeremiah 35:2

'Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and thou hast spoken with them, and brought them into the house of Jehovah, unto one of the chambers, and caused them to drink wine.'

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