19He dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live.


In Context

16 and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

17 But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

18 until another king over Egypt arose who did not know Joseph.

19 He dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live.

20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly lovely, who was nourished three months in the house of his father.

21 And when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and brought him up for herself to be for a son.

Acts 7:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:19He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our forefathers by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:19This same dealing craftily with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their children, to the end they might not be kept alive.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:19The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:19The same dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and ill-treated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:19The same dealt subtly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.