Exodus 1:10 - Modern English Version

¹⁰ Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that when any war breaks out, they also join our enemies, and fight against us, and escape from the land.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply more and, should war befall us, they join our enemies, fight against us, and escape out of the land.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Come on, let’s be smart and deal with them. Otherwise, they will only grow in number. And if war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us, and then escape from the land.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Come, let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply; and if any war should advance against us, they may be added to our enemies, and having fought against us, they might depart from the land."

Exodus 1:10 Tagairtí Cros

Job 5:13

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Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wicked persecutes the poor; let them be caught in the devices they have planned.

Psalm 105:25

He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom or understanding or counsel can stand against the Lord.

Numbers 22:6

And now, please come curse this people for me because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I will prevail, and we will defeat them, and I will drive them out of the land because I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

Acts 23:12

At daybreak some of the Jews conspired under oath, saying they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 7:19

He dealt deceitfully with our people and mistreated our fathers, forcing them to expose their infants, so that they would not live.

1 Samuel 29:4

But the princes of the Philistines became angry with him. And the princes of the Philistines said to him, “Make this man return and let him go again to his place which you have appointed him. He will not go down with us in battle, lest he might be an adversary to us in the battle. For with what could he make himself acceptable to his master, if not with the heads of these men?