17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.


In Context

14 and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.

15 And the king of Egypt spake 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 ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.

18 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?

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 midwife come unto them.

Exodus 1:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children alive.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.