Exodus 1:17 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded, but let the male babies live.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Now the two midwives respected God so they didn’t obey the Egyptian king’s order. Instead, they let the baby boys live.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ But the midwives feared God, and so they did not act according to the precept of the king of Egypt, but they kept the males safe.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁷ But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.

Exodus 1:17 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 20:11

Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place; and they will kill me for the sake of my wife.

Genesis 42:18

And the third day he brought them out of prison, and said: Do as I have said, and you shall live; for I fear God.

2 Samuel 24:4

But the king's words prevailed over the words of Joab, and of the captains of the army. And Joab, and the captains of the soldiers went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable to the people; and took of them in bread, and wine, and in money every day forty sicles: and their officers also oppressed the people. But I did not so for the fear of God.

Exodus 1:18

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

Exodus 1:21

And because the midwives feared God, he built them houses.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth iniquity is redeemed: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:

Ecclesiastes 8:12

But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is under oppression, and broken in judgment: because he began to go after filthiness.

Micah 6:16

For thou hast kept the statutes of Amri, and all the works of the house of Achab: and thou hast walked according to their wills, that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing, and you shall bear the reproach of my people.

Matthew 10:28

And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Luke 12:5

But I will shew you whom you shall fear: fear ye him, who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you, fear him.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men.

1 Samuel 22:17

And the king said to the messengers that stood about him: Turn, and kill the priests of the Lord. For their hand is with David: because they knew that he was fled; and they told it not to me. And the king's servants would not put forth their hands against the priests of the Lord.