Exodus 1:18 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁸ So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this—let the boys 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?"

Exodus 1:18 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom commanded his young men saying, “Now watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine. When I tell you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then put him to death! Have no fear! Isn’t it I who commanded you? Be strong! Be sons of valor!”

Exodus 1:17

Yet the midwives feared God, so they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the boys live.

Exodus 1:19

The midwives told Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women. They are like animals, and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”

Ecclesiastes 8:4

Since the word of a king has authority, who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’