Exodus 1:18
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
In context
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.”
20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
Exodus 1:18 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
- KJV King James Version
- And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
- WEB World English Bible
- The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, 'Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the male-children alive?