Exodus 1:18 - The Scriptures 2009

So the sovereign of Mitsrayim called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and kept the male children alive?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, Why have you done this thing and allowed the male children to live?

American Standard Version (1901)

And 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?

Common English Bible

So the king of Egypt called the two midwives and said to them, “Why are you doing this? Why are you letting the baby boys live?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And summoning them, the king said, "What did you intend to do, so that you would save the boys?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the king called for them and said: What is that you meant to do, that you would save the men children?

Exodus 1:18 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28

And Aḇshalom had commanded his servants, saying, “Watch, and when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I shall say to you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and brave.”

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared Elohim, and did not do as the sovereign of Mitsrayim commanded them, and kept the male children alive.

Exodus 1:19

And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Mitsrian women. For they are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.”

Ecclesiastes 8:4

Where the word of a sovereign is, there is power. And who says to him, “What are you doing?”