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


In Context

16 Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.

17 "As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt greatly increased.

18 Then another king, who knew nothing about Joseph, became ruler of Egypt.

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

20 "At that time Moses was born, and he was no ordinary child. For three months he was cared for in his father's house.

21 When he was placed outside, Pharaoh's daughter took him and brought him up as her own 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19He dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that 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.