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Exodus 1:17
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KJ21
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
ASV
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
AMP
But the midwives feared God [with profound reverence] and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded, but they let the boy babies live.
AMPC
But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded, but let the male babies live.
BRG
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
CSB
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.
CSBA
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.
CEB
Now the two midwives respected God so they didn’t obey the Egyptian king’s order. Instead, they let the baby boys live.
CJB
However, the midwives were God-fearing women, so they didn’t do as the king of Egypt ordered but let the boys live.
CEV
But the two women were faithful to God and did not kill the boys, even though the king had told them to.
DARBY
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.
DRA
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.
ERV
But the nurses trusted God, so they did not obey the king’s command. They let all the baby boys live.
EASY
But the two women respected God. So they did not do what the king of Egypt had told them. They obeyed God and they let the boys live.
EHV
The midwives, however, feared God, so they did not do what the king of Egypt told them to do, but they let the boys live.
ESV
But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.
ESVUK
But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.
EXB
But the ·nurses [midwives] feared God, so they did not do as the king [L of Egypt] told them; they let all the boy babies live.
GNV
Notwithstanding the midwives feared God, and did not as the King of Egypt commanded them, but preserved alive the men children.
GW
However, the midwives feared God and didn’t obey the king of Egypt’s orders. They let the boys live.
GNT
But the midwives were God-fearing and so did not obey the king; instead, they let the boys live.
HCSB
The Hebrew midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.
ICB
But the nurses feared God. So they did not do as the king told them. They let all the boy babies live.
ISV
But the midwives feared God and didn’t do what the king of Egypt told them. Instead, they let the boys live.
JUB
But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them but gave the men children their lives.
KJV
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
AKJV
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
LSB
But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had spoken to them, but let the boys live.
LEB
But the midwives feared God, and they did not do as the king of Egypt had said to them. They let the boys live.
TLB
But the midwives feared God and didn’t obey the king—they let the boys live too.
MSG
But the midwives had far too much respect for God and didn’t do what the king of Egypt ordered; they let the boy babies live. The king of Egypt called in the midwives. “Why didn’t you obey my orders? You’ve let those babies live!”
MEV
However, the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but kept the male children alive.
NOG
However, the midwives feared Elohim and didn’t obey the king of Egypt’s orders. They let the boys live.
NABRE
The midwives, however, feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt had ordered them, but let the boys live.
NASB
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded them, but let the boys live.
NASB1995
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded them, but let the boys live.
NCB
But the midwives feared God. They did not do what the king of Egypt had ordered them to do. They let the babies live.
NCV
But the nurses feared God, so they did not do as the king told them; they let all the boy babies live.
NET
But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.
NIRV
But Shiphrah and Puah had respect for God. They didn’t do what the king of Egypt had told them to do. They let the boys live.
NIV
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
NIVUK
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
NKJV
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
NLV
But the nurses feared God. They did not do what the king of Egypt told them. They let the boys live.
NLT
But because the midwives feared God, they refused to obey the king’s orders. They allowed the boys to live, too.
NRSVA
But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.
NRSVACE
But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.
NRSVCE
But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.
NRSVUE
But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.
OJB
But the meyalledot feared HaElohim, and did not as Melech Mitzrayim commanded them, but saved the yeladim alive.
RGT
Nevertheless, the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them but saved the male children.
RSV
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.
RSVCE
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.
TLV
Yet the midwives feared God, so they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the boys live.
VOICE
But the midwives respected God more than they feared Pharaoh, so they did not carry out the Egyptian king’s command. Instead, they let all the boys live.
WEB
But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
WYC
But the midwives dreaded God, and did not by the commandment of the king of Egypt, but kept the knave children. (But the midwives feared God, and did not comply with the king of Egypt’s command, but let the male children live.)
YLT
And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;
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