12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.


In Context

9 And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.

10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side with our enemies and fight against us, and go up out of the land.

11 And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.

12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.

13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

14 and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.

Exodus 1:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied, and increased:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.