17But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.


In Context

14 and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.

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

16 and he said, |When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.|

17 But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

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

19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, |Because the Hebrew women aren't like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them.|

Exodus 1:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children alive.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.