18And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?


In Context

15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other was Puah —

16 and he said, When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see them on the stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.

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

18 And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?

19 And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian; for they are strong, and they have borne before the midwife comes to them.

20 And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.

Exodus 1:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And 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?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:18Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And the king called for them and said: What is that you meant to do, that you would save the men children ?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And 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?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the male-children alive?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, |Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys alive?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, 'Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have you done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?