Exodus 1:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Exodus 1:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 1:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Exodus 1:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.””
Exodus 1:16 — World English Bible
Exodus 1:16 ASV — 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. ”
Exodus 1:16 — American Standard Version
Exodus 1:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and saith, `When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it <FI>is<Fi> a son--then ye have put him to death; and if it <FI>is<Fi> a daughter--then she hath lived.'”
Exodus 1:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 1:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
Exodus 1:16 — Darby Translation
Exodus 1:16 GEN — 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.”
Exodus 1:16 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 1:16 in Context — Exodus 1
14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
16 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.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
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?
What Does Exodus 1:16 Mean?
Exodus 1:16 is a verse from the Book of Exodus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Exodus chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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