Exodus 1:17
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
In context
15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
16 “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
18 So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
Exodus 1:17 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
- KJV King James Version
- But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
- WEB 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
- YLT Young's 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;
- DBY 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children alive.