19this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;


In Context

16 and they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem.

17 'And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

18 till another king rose, who had not known Joseph;

19 this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

20 in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;

21 and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:19He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our forefathers by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.

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 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.