Exodus 1:17
World English Bible (WEB)
But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
In context
15 The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
16 and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
17 But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
18 The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”
19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
Exodus 1:17 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.