Exodus 1:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ The king of Egypt called for the nurses and told them, “Why did you do this? Why did you let the boy babies live?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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

¹⁸ 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)

¹⁸ 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

¹⁸ 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

¹⁸ 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

¹⁸ And the king called for them and said: What is that you meant to do, that you would save the men children?

Exodus 1:18 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom gave this command to his servants, “Watch Amnon. When he is drunk and feeling good from the wine, I will give you the command. You must attack Amnon and kill him. Don’t be afraid of being punished. After all, you will only be obeying my command. Now, be strong and brave.”

Exodus 1:17

But the nurses trusted [3] God. So they did not obey the king’s command. They let all the boy babies live.

Exodus 1:19

The nurses said to the king, “The Hebrew [4] women are much stronger than the Egyptian women. They give birth to their babies before we can go to help them.” (

Ecclesiastes 8:4

The king has the authority to give commands. And no one can tell him what to do.