Exodus 1:21
King James Version (KJV)
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
In context
19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Exodus 1:21 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
- WEB World English Bible
- Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.