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Exodus Chapter 1 verse 17 Holy Bible

ASV Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
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BBE Exodus 1:17

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.
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DARBY Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.
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KJV Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
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WBT Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children alive.
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WEB Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
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YLT Exodus 1:17

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - The midwives feared God. The midwives had a sense of religion, feared God sufficiently to decline imbruing their hands in the innocent blood of a number of defenceless infants, and, rather than do so wicked a thing, risked being punished by the monarch. They were not, as appears by ver. 19, highly religious - not of the stuff whereof martyrs are made; they did not scruple at a falsehood, believing it necessary to save their lives; and it would seem that they succeeded in deceiving the king.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) The midwives feared God.--The midwives, whether Hebrews or Egyptians, believed in a God who would punish wrong-doing, and therefore resolved not to obey the Pharaoh.