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


In Context

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.|

20 God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew 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 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 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?