Exodus 1:16

American Standard Version (1901)

and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

ASV Byzantine Text

and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birthstool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

Asang Khongca Bible

Hebru nongpatanawk nawkta ohsak naah, kahoihah khen hoih loe, nongpa nahaeloe hum hoi roep ah, nongpata loe pathlung hoih, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te vaengah, “Hebrew nu te na om sak vaengah a omnah te so rhoi. tongpa atah ngawn rhoi lamtah huta atah hing saeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te vaengah, “Hebrew nu te na om sak vaengah a omnah te so rhoi. tongpa atah ngawn rhoi lamtah huta atah hing saeh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

I mai la, A i palekeiki olua i na wahine Hebera, a nana olua iloko o na paholoi; ina he keikikane ia, alaila e pepehi olua ia ia; aka ina he kaikamahine, e ola no ia.

English Berean Standard Bible

“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

li di yo: -Lè n'ap akouche medam ebre yo, lè yo sou choukèt, louvri je nou. Si pitit la se yon gason, touye l'. Men si se yon fi, kite l' viv.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

præcipiens eis: Quando obstetricabitis Hebræas, et partus tempus advenerit: si masculus fuerit, interficite eum: si femina, reservate.

Bible in Basic English

When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

et il dit : Quand vous accoucherez les femmes hébreues et que vous les verrez sur les sièges , si c’est un fils, vous le ferez mourir, et si c’est une fille, elle vivra.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

A řekl: Když budete pomáhati ženám Hebrejským při porodu, a uzříte, že již rodí, byl-li by syn, zabíte ho, pakli dcera, tedy ať jest živa.

Kosraean Bible

El fahk nu seltal, “Ke komtal ac akisusye mutan Hebrew uh, fin ac tulik mukul se, na unilya; fin ac tulik mutan se, lela elan moul.”

World Portuguese Bible

e ele disse: “Quando vocês fizerem o trabalho de parteira para as mulheres hebréias e as virem na cadeira de parto, se for um filho, então vocês o matarão; mas se for uma filha, então ela viverá.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Și a spus: Când faceți serviciul de moașă femeilor evreice și le vedeți pe scaunele de naștere, dacă este un fiu, să îl ucideți; dar dacă este o fiică, să trăiască.

Brenton English Septuagint

And he said, When ye do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.

Burmese Common Language Bible

``ဟေ​ဗြဲ​အ​မျိုး​သမီး​တို့​ကို​သား​ဖွား​ပေး​ရ​သည့်​အ​ခါ ယောကျာ်း​က​လေး​ဖြစ်​လျှင်​သတ်​ပစ်​လော့။ မိန်း​က​လေး​ဖြစ်​လျှင်​အ​သက်​ချမ်း​သာ​ခွင့်​ပေး​လော့။'' ဟု​အ​မိန့်​ပေး​လေ​၏။-

Darby Translation

and he said, When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see [them] on the stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Wenn ihr den Hebräerinnen bei der Geburt helfet und ihr sie auf dem Geburtsstuhl sehet: wenn es ein Sohn ist, so tötet ihn, und wenn eine Tochter, so mag sie leben.

Dutch Bible 1917

En zeide: Wanneer gij de Hebreinnen in het baren helpt, en ziet haar op de stoelen; is het een zoon, zo doodt hem; maar is het een dochter, zo laat haar leven!

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Wanneer gij de hebreeuwse vrouwen bij de bevalling helpt, let dan op het geslacht van het kind. Als het een jongen is, moet ge het doden; is het een meisje, dan mag het blijven leven.

Italian Diodati Bible

Quando voi ricoglierete i parti delle donne Ebree, e le vedrete in su la seggiola, se il parto è un figliuol maschio, uccidetelo; ma se è una figliuola femmina, lasciatela vivere.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive.

Geneva Bible 1599

And sayde, When ye doe the office of a midwife to the women of the Ebrewes, and see them on their stooles, if it be a sonne, then yee shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then let her liue.

Danish Bible 1931

“Når I forløser Hebræerkvinderne, skal I se godt efter ved Fødselen, og er det et Drengebarn, tag så Livet af det, men er det et Pigebarn, lad det så leve!”

Leeser Tanakh

And he said: When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, ye shall look upon the birth; if it be a son, then shall ye kill him; but if it be a daughter, then may she live.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

and he said: 'When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, ye shall look upon the birthstool: if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.'

King James Version

And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

mà rằng: Khi các ngươi đi rước thai cho người đàn bà Hê-bơ-rơ, hễ thấy sanh con trai, thì hãy làm cho chết đi; còn con gái, thì hãy để cho sống.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

Revised West Version

‌ʻO ne pehē, “ʻOka mo ka fai ʻae ngāue ʻae māʻuli ki he kau fefine Hepelū, ʻo mamata ki heʻenau fāʻele; kapau ko e tama tangata, te mo tāmateʻi ia: pea kapau ko e taʻahine, pea ʻe moʻui ia.”

French Ostervald Bible

Et il dit: Quand vous accoucherez les femmes des Hébreux, et que vous les verrez sur les sièges, si c'est un fils, vous le ferez mourir; mais si c'est une fille, qu'elle vive.

Esperanto Bible

Li diris: Kiam vi akuŝigos la Hebreinojn, rigardu la kuŝejon; se estas filo, mortigu lin, kaj se estas filino, lasu ŝin vivi.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Il leur dit: Quand vous accoucherez les femmes des Hébreux et que vous les verrez sur les sièges, si c’est un garçon, faites-le mourir; si c’est une fille, laissez-la vivre.

German Luther Bible 1912

Wenn ihr den hebräischen Weibern helft, und auf dem Stuhl seht, daß es ein Sohn ist, so tötet ihn; ist's aber eine Tochter, so laßt sie leben.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And he said, When you⌃ do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.

British English Septuagint 2012

And he said, When you⌃ do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.

Majority Standard BIble

“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”

Webster Bible

And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it shall be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it shall be a daughter, then she shall live.

Revised Version

and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birthstool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

Italian Riveduta Bible

“Quando assisterete le donne ebree al tempo del parto, e le vedrete sulla seggiola, se è un maschio, uccidetelo; ma se è una femmina, lasciatela vivere”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Il leur dit : « Quand vous assisterez les femmes hébreues lors de l'accouchement et que vous les verrez sur le siège d'accouchement, si l'enfant est un garçon, vous le ferez mourir ; si c'est une fille, elle vivra. »

Reina Valera 1909

Cuando parteareis á las Hebreas, y mirareis los asientos, si fuere hijo, matadlo; y si fuere hija, entonces viva.

Spanish BLL

y les dijo: “Cuando atiendan los partos de las mujeres hebreas y las vean en la silla de dar a luz, si es un niño, lo matarán; pero si es una niña, la dejarán vivir.”

Spanish Free Bible for the World

y les dijo: “Cuando cumpláis con el deber de partera para las mujeres hebreas y las veáis en la silla de parto, si es un hijo, lo mataréis; pero si es una hija, vivirá.”

Croatian Bible

“Kad u porodu pomažete Hebrejkama, dobro pogledajte oba kamena sjedala: ako je muško dijete, ubijte ga; ako je žensko, neka živi.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

i reče: Kad babičite Jevrejke, i u porođaju vidite da je muško, ubijte ga, a kad bude žensko, nek ostane živo.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And he said, When you do the office of the midwife among the Jewish women, and you look upon the childbirth, if it be a son, you shall kill him; but if a daughter, let her live.

German Textbibel

Wenn ihr die Hebräerinnen entbindet, so sollt ihr auf den Gebärstuhl sehen: wenn es ein Knäblein ist, so sollt ihr es ums Leben bringen; wenn es aber ein Mädchen ist, so mag es am Leben bleiben.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And he said, When ye do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בְּיַלֶּדְכֶן֙ אֶת־הָֽעִבְרִיּ֔וֹת וּרְאִיתֶ֖ן עַל־הָאָבְנָ֑יִם אִם־בֵּ֥ן הוּא֙ וַהֲמִתֶּ֣ן אֹת֔וֹ וְאִם־בַּ֥ת הִ֖יא וָחָֽיָה׃

World English Bible

and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

World English Bible (Catholic)

and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

World English Bible British Edition

and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

World English Bible Classic

and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

World English Bible Updated

and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

World Messianic Bible

and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition

and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

Wycliffe Bible portions

and he commaundide to hem, Whanne ye schulen do the office of medewyues to Ebrew wymmen, and the tyme of childberyng schal come, if it is a knaue child, sle ye him; if it is a womman, kepe ye.

Young's Literal Translation

and saith, 'When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it [is] a son — then ye have put him to death; and if it [is] a daughter — then she hath lived.'

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ εἶπεν· ὅταν μαιοῦσθε τὰς Ἑβραίας καὶ ὦσι πρὸς τῷ τίκτειν, ἐὰν μὲν ἄρσεν ᾖ, ἀποκτείνατε αὐτό, ἐὰν δὲ θῆλυ, περιποιεῖσθε αὐτό.

Brenton Septuagint

Καὶ εἶπεν, ὅταν μαιοῦσθε τὰς Ἐβραίας, καὶ ὦσι πρὸς τῷ τίκτειν, ἐὰν μὲν ἄρσεν ᾖ, ἀποκτείνατε αὐτό· ἐὰν δὲ θῆλυ, περιποιεῖσθε αὐτό.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

ши ле-а зис: „Кынд вець ымплини служба де моаше пе лынгэ фемеиле евреилор ши ле вець ведя пе скаунул де наштере, дакэ есте бэят, сэ-л оморыць, яр дакэ есте фатэ, с-о лэсаць сэ трэяскэ.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

І каже: Як бабувати мете в Єврейських жінок, дак придивляйтесь: коли син, убивайте, а дочка, нехай жиє.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

І каже: Як бабувати мете в Єврейських жінок, дак придивляйтесь: коли син, убивайте, а дочка, нехай жиє.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

и рече: Кад бабичите Јеврејке, и у порођају видите да је мушко, убијте га, а кад буде женско, нек остане живо.

Russian Synodal Bible

и сказал им: когда вы будете повивать у Евреянок, то наблюдайте при родах: если будет сын, то умерщвляйте его, а если дочь, то пусть живет.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בְּיַלֶּדְכֶן֙ אֶת־הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֔ות וּרְאִיתֶ֖ן עַל־הָאָבְנָ֑יִם אִם־בֵּ֥ן הוּא֙ וַהֲמִתֶּ֣ן אֹתֹ֔ו וְאִם־בַּ֥ת הִ֖יא וָחָֽיָה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

ויאמר בילדכן את העבריות וראיתן על האבנים אם בן הוא והמתן אתו ואם בת היא וחיה׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

وَقَالَ: «حِينَمَا تُوَلِّدَانِ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ وَتَنْظُرَانِهِنَّ عَلَى ٱلْكَرَاسِيِّ، إِنْ كَانَ ٱبْنًا فَٱقْتُلَاهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ بِنْتًا فَتَحْيَا».

Old Persion Version Bible

گفت: «چون قابله گری برای زنان عبرانی بکنید، و بر سنگها نگاه کنید، اگر پسر باشد او رابکشید، و اگر دختر بود زنده بماند.»

Judson Burmese Bible

သင် တို့သည် ဟေဗြဲ မိန်းမတို့အား ဝမ်းဆွဲ လုပ်၍ မွေးရာ အရပ်၌ စောင့် နေသောအခါ ၊ ယောက်ျား ဖြစ်လျှင် သေ စေ၊ မိန်းမ ဖြစ်လျှင် အသက်ရှင် စေဟု အမိန့် တော် ရှိ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

가로되 `너희는 히브리 여인을 위하여 조산할 때에 살펴서 남자여든 죽이고 여자여든 그는 살게 두라'

Japanese Freedom Bible

王は言った。「ヘブル人の女の出産を助ける時、産み台を見なさい。男の子なら殺し、女の子なら生かしておけ。」

World Chinese Bible

他说：“你们给希伯来妇人接生，看她们在产凳上时，若是儿子，就要杀他；若是女儿，就让她活着。”

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

「你们为 希伯来妇人收生，看她们临盆的时候，若是男孩，就把他杀了；若是女孩，就留她存活。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

「你們為 希伯來婦人收生，看她們臨盆的時候，若是男孩，就把他殺了；若是女孩，就留她存活。」

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Quando fizerdes o parto das hebreias, e olhardes os assentos, se for filho, matai-o; e se for filha, então viva.

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Mashi Bible

«Nka mwabusa abakazi b’Abayahudi, mukâlola bwinjà, aciri oku ncingo, mwâna muci obusirwe. Akabà mwâna-rhabana, munamuyîrhe; akabà mwâna-nyere, munamuleke alame.»

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Er sprach: Wenn ihr die Hebräerinnen entbindet, so sehet auf der Stelle nach; ist es ein Sohn, so tötet ihn, ist es aber eine Tochter, so lasset sie leben!

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Cuando estás cuidando a las hebreas en el parto, si es hijo, lo matarás; pero si es una hija, ella puede seguir viviendo.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

y dijo: Cuando asistan a las mujeres hebreas en sus partos, al observar en la silla de parto que es un hijo, mátenlo, y si es una hija, que viva.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to HaIvriyyot (the Hebrew women) and see them upon the delivery stool; if it be a ben, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a bat, then she shall live.

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