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?


In Context

15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives (of which the name of 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 stools; if it shall be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it shall 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 male-children alive.

18 And 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?

19 And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in to them.

20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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