Exodus 1:18 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

¹⁸ And the king of Egypt will call to the midwives, and will say to them, Wherefore did ye this word, and ye will preserve alive the boys?

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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?"

Exodus 1:18 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 13:28

And Absalom will command his boys, saying, See now, when the heart of Amnon is good with wine, and I said to you, Strike Amnon; and kill him; ye shall not be afraid, for I commanded you: be strong and be for sons of strength.

Exodus 1:17

And the midwives will fear God, and they did not according to what the king of Egypt said to them, and they will preserve alive the boys.

Exodus 1:19

And the midwives will say to Pharaoh, That the Hebrewesses are not as the Egyptian women, for they giving life before the midwives shall come in to them, and they will bring forth.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

Wheresoever the word of a king, it is powerful: and who shall say to him, What wilt thou do?