Exodus 1:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ The midwives answered Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; they are vigorous and quickly delivered; their babies are born before the midwife comes to them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ The two midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because Hebrew women aren’t like Egyptian women. They’re much stronger and give birth before any midwives can get to them.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ They responded: "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. For they themselves have the wisdom of a midwife, and so they give birth before we can come to them."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women. For they themselves are skillful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them.

Exodus 1:19 Krydshenvisninger

Exodus 1:18

So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this and allowed the boys to live?”

Exodus 1:20

So God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very strong.

1 Samuel 21:2

David said to the priest Ahimelech, “The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, ‘No one must know anything of the matter about which I send you and with which I have charged you.’ I have made an appointment with the young men for such and such a place.