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Exodus 1:18

18 So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the male children live?”

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Exodus 1:18 — The New International Version (NIV)

18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

Exodus 1:18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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?

Exodus 1:18 — New Living Translation (NLT)

18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives. “Why have you done this?” he demanded. “Why have you allowed the boys to live?”

Exodus 1:18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?”

Exodus 1:18 — New Century Version (NCV)

18 Then the king of Egypt sent for the nurses and said, “Why did you do this? Why did you let the boys live?”

Exodus 1:18 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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?

Exodus 1:18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

18 And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?

Exodus 1:18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives. He asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?” 

Exodus 1:18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

18 So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this and let the boys live?”

Exodus 1:18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

18 So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and allowed the boys to live?”

Exodus 1:18 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

18 And the king of Egypt summoned the midwives, and he said to them, “Why have you done this thing and let the boys live?”

Exodus 1:18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

18 Then the king of Egypt sent for the women. He asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

Exodus 1:18 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?”


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