Acts 7:19 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.”

Acts 7:19 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Acts 7:19 in 6 Bible Translations

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Acts 7:19 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.”

Acts 7:19 — World English Bible

Acts 7:19 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live. ”

Acts 7:19 — American Standard Version

Acts 7:19 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;”

Acts 7:19 — Young's Literal Translation

Acts 7:19 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“He dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live. ”

Acts 7:19 — Darby Translation

Acts 7:19 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and euill entreated our fathers, and made them to cast out their yong children, that they should not remaine aliue.”

Acts 7:19 — Geneva Bible

Acts 7:19 in Context — Acts 7

17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:

21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

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What Does Acts 7:19 Mean?

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