Exodus 1:17

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

Bible in Basic English ☆

But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.

Darby Translation ☆

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Notwithstanding ye midwiues feared God, and did not as the King of Egypt commanded them, but preserued aliue the men children.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

But the midwives feared God, and they did not as the king of Egypt had commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.

King James Version ☆

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

Webster Bible ☆

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children alive.

Revised Version ☆

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

But the midwives feared before the Lord, and did not act as the king of Mizraim had bidden them, but preserved the sons alive.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.

World English Bible ☆

But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

World English Bible Classic ☆

But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

World English Bible Updated ☆

But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

World Messianic Bible ☆

But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

Forsothe the medewyues dredden God, and diden not bi the comaundement of the kyng of Egipt, but kepten knaue children.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;

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

But the meyalledot feared HaElohim, and did not as Melech Mitzrayim commanded them, but saved the yeladim alive.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَلَكِنَّ ٱلْقَابِلَتَيْنِ خَافَتَا ٱللهَ وَلَمْ تَفْعَلَا كَمَا كَلَّمَهُمَا مَلِكُ مِصْرَ، بَلِ ٱسْتَحْيَتَا ٱلْأَوْلَادَ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သို့​ရာ​တွင်​ဝမ်း​ဆွဲ​အ​မျိုး​သ​မီး​တို့​သည် ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား​ကို​ကြောက်​ရွံ့​သူ​များ​ဖြစ်​သော​ကြောင့် ဘု​ရင်​၏​အ​မိန့်​ကို​မ​နာ​ခံ​ဘဲ​ယောကျာ်း​က​လေး​များ​ကို​အ​သက်​ချမ်း​သာ​စေ​ကြ​၏။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဝမ်းဆွဲ မတို့သည် ဘုရားသခင် ကိုကြောက်ရွံ ၍ ၊ အဲဂုတ္တု ရှင်ဘုရင် မိန့် တော်မူသည်အတိုင်း မ ပြု ၊ ယောက်ျား တို့ကို အသက်ချမ်းသာ ပေးကြ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Toe nawkta omsakkung Hebru nongpata hnik loe Sithaw to zit hoi pongah, Izip siangpahrang mah thuih ih lok baktih toengah sah hoi ai; caa nongpanawk to pathlung hoi.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Tedae ca-om rhoi loh Pathen te a rhih rhoi. Te dongah Egypt manghai loh amih rhoi taengkah a thui bangla saii rhoi pawt tih camoe te a hing sak rhoi.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Tedae ca-om rhoi loh Pathen te a rhih rhoi. Te dongah Egypt manghai loh amih rhoi taengkah a thui bangla saii rhoi pawt tih camoe te a hing sak rhoi.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

但是收生婆敬畏 神，不照 埃及王的吩咐行，竟存留男孩的性命。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

但是收生婆敬畏上帝，不照 埃及王的吩咐行，竟存留男孩的性命。

World Chinese Bible ☆

但是收生婆敬畏上帝， 没有照埃及王吩咐她们的去做，反而使男婴存活。

Croatian Bible ☆

Ali su se babice bojale Boga i nisu činile kako im je naredio egipatski kralj, nego su ostavljale na životu mušku djecu.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Bály se pak ty baby Boha, a nečinily tak, jakž jim poručil král Egyptský, ale živých nechávaly pacholíků.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Men Jordemødrene frygtede Gud og gjorde ikke, som Ægypterkongen havde befalet dem, men lod Drengebørnene leve.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Doch de vroedvrouwen vreesden God, en deden niet, gelijk als de koning van Egypte tot haar gesproken had, maar zij behielden de knechtjes in het leven.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Maar de vroedvrouwen vreesden God; ze deden niet wat de koning van Egypte haar had bevolen en lieten ook de jongens in leven.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Sed la akuŝistinoj timis Dion, kaj ili ne faris, kiel diris al ili la reĝo de Egiptujo; kaj ili lasis la vivon al la virseksaj infanoj.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Mais les sages-femmes craignirent Dieu, et ne firent pas comme le roi d’Égypte leur avait dit ; et elles laissèrent vivre les enfants mâles.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Mais les sages-femmes craignirent Dieu, et ne firent pas ce que le roi d'Égypte leur avait dit; et elles laissèrent vivre les garçons.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Mais les sages-femmes craignirent Dieu, et ne firent point ce que leur avait dit le roi d’Égypte; elles laissèrent vivre les enfants.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Mais les sages-femmes craignaient Dieu, et ne firent pas ce que le roi d'Égypte leur avait ordonné : elles laissèrent vivre les garçons.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Aber die Hebammen fürchteten Gott und taten nicht, wie der König von Ägypten zu ihnen gesagt hatte, und erhielten die Knäblein am Leben.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Aber die Wehmütter fürchteten Gott und taten nicht, wie der König von Ägypten ihnen gesagt hatte, sondern ließen die Kinder leben.

German Textbibel ☆

Die Hebammen jedoch waren gottesfürchtig und führten nicht aus, was der König von Ägypten ihnen geboten hatte, sondern ließen die Knäblein am Leben.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Aber die Hebammen fürchteten Gott und taten nicht, wie ihnen der ägyptische König befohlen hatte, sondern ließen die Kinder leben.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἐφοβήθησαν δὲ αἱ μαῖαι τὸν Θεὸν καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησαν καθότι συνέταξεν αὐταῖς ὁ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἐζωογόνουν τὰ ἄρσενα.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἐφοβήθησαν δὲ αἱ μαῖαι τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησαν καθότι συνέταξεν αὐταῖς ὁ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἐζωογόνουν τὰ ἄρσενα.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Men, fanmchay yo te gen krentif pou Bondye. Yo pa t' fe sa wa Lejip la te ba yo lòd fè a. Yo te kite ti gason yo viv tou.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Aka, makau iho la na palekeiki i ke Akua; aole laua i hana i ka mea a ke alii o Aigupita i kauoha ai in laua; aka, hoola ae la laua i na keikikane.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַתִּירֶ֤אןָ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְלֹ֣א עָשׂ֔וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבֶּ֥ר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ן מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ אֶת־הַיְלָדִֽים׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ותיראן המילדת את האלהים ולא עשו כאשר דבר אליהן מלך מצרים ותחיין את הילדים׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Ma quelle levatrici temettero Iddio, e non fecero secondo che il re di Egitto avea loro detto; anzi lasciarono vivere i fanciulli.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Ma le levatrici temettero Iddio, e non fecero quello che il re d’Egitto aveva ordinato loro; lasciarono vivere i maschi.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

しかし、助産婦たちは神を恐れ 、エジプトの王が命じた通りにはせず、男の赤ん坊を生かしておいた。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

그러나 산파들이 하나님을 두려워하여 애굽 왕의 명을 어기고 남자를 살린지라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Tusruktu mutan akisus inge eltal etu in sangeng sin God, oru eltal tia aksol tokosra, a eltal fuhlela tulik mukul uh in moul.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Timuerunt autem obstetrices Deum, et non fecerunt juxta præceptum regis Ægypti, sed conservabant mares.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

لکن قابله‌ها از خدا ترسیدند، و آنچه پادشاه مصربدیشان فرموده بود نکردند، بلکه پسران را زنده گذاردند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Mas as parteiras temeram a Deus, e não fizeram o que o rei do Egito lhes ordenou, mas deixaram os meninos vivos.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Mas as parteiras temeram a Deus, e não fizeram como o rei do Egito lhes mandara; em vez disso, preservaram a vida dos meninos.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Dar moașele s-au temut de Dumnezeu și nu au făcut cum le-a poruncit împăratul Egiptului, ci au lăsat băieții în viață.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Дар моашеле с-ау темут де Думнезеу ши н-ау фэкут че ле порунчисе ымпэратул Еӂиптулуй, чи ау лэсат пе копиий де парте бэрбэтяскэ сэ трэяскэ.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Но повивальные бабки боялись Бога и не делали так, как говорил им царь Египетский, и оставляли детей в живых.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ali se babice bojahu Boga, i ne činjahu kako im reče car misirski, nego ostavljahu decu u životu.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Али се бабице бојаху Бога, и не чињаху како им рече цар мисирски, него остављаху децу у животу.

Mashi Bible ☆

Ci abo bakazi b’okubusa barhînya Nyamuzinda, barhajiraga oku mwâmi w’e Mîsiri ababwîraga, bakazileka abânarhabana balame.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Mas las parteras temieron á Dios, y no hicieron como les mandó el rey de Egipto, sino que reservaban la vida á los niños.

Spanish BLL ☆

Pero las parteras temían a Dios, y no hicieron lo que el rey de Egipto les ordenó, sino que dejaron vivir a los niños.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Pero las parteras temían a Dios, y no hicieron lo que el rey de Egipto les ordenaba, sino que salvaron la vida a los niños.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Pero las mujeres tenían temor de Dios, y no hicieron como dijo el rey de Egipto, sino dejaron que los hijos varones siguieran viviendo.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Pero las parteras temieron a ʼElohim, y no hicieron según lo que el rey de Egipto les ordenó, sino dejaron vivir a los niños.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ka naʻe manavahē ʻae ongo māʻuli ki he ʻOtua, pea naʻe ʻikai te na fai ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite kiate kinaua, ka naʻa na fakamoʻui ʻae fānau tangata.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Та побоялись баби сповитухи Бога, і не чинили так, як повелїв їм царь Египецький, а лишали при життю хлопяток.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Та побоялись баби сповитухи Бога, і не чинили так, як повелїв їм царь Египецький, а лишали при життю хлопяток.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Nhưng các bà mụ kính sợ Đức Chúa Trời, chẳng làm theo lời vua Ê-díp-tô phán dặn, đều để cho các con trai sống hết.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַתִּירֶ֤אןָ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְלֹ֣א עָשׂ֔וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבֶּ֥ר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ן מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ אֶת־הַיְלָדִֽים׃