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Exodus 1:17

NETBible	But¹ the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.²
NIV © biblegateway Exo 1:17	The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 1:17	But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded them, but let the boys live.
NLT © biblegateway Exo 1:17	But because the midwives feared God, they refused to obey the king and allowed the boys to live, too.
MSG © biblegateway Exo 1:17	But the midwives had far too much respect for God and didn't do what the king of Egypt ordered; they let the boy babies live.
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 1:17	But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 1:17	But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
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KJV	But the midwives <03205> (8764) feared <03372> (8799) God <0430>_, and did <06213> (8804) not as the king <04428> of Egypt <04714> commanded <01696> (8765) them, but saved <02421> (0) the men children <03206> alive <02421> (8762)_.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 1:17	But the midwives <03205> feared <03372> God <0430> , and did not do <06213> as the king <04428> of Egypt <04714> had commanded <01696> them, but let the boys <03206> live <02421> .
LXXM	efobhyhsan <5399> V-API-3P de <1161> PRT ai <3588> T-NPF maiai {N-NPF} ton <3588> T-ASM yeon <2316> N-ASM kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV epoihsan <4160> V-AAI-3P kayoti <2530> ADV sunetaxen <4929> V-AAI-3S autaiv <846> D-DPF o <3588> T-NSM basileuv <935> N-NSM aiguptou <125> N-GSF kai <2532> CONJ ezwogonoun <2225> V-IAI-3P ta <3588> T-APN arsena {A-APN}
NET [draft] ITL	But the midwives <03205> feared <03372> God <0430> and did not <03808> do <06213> what <0834> the king <04428> of Egypt <04714> had told <01696> them; they let the boys <03206> live <02421> .
HEBREW	Mydlyh <03206> ta <0853> Nyyxtw <02421> Myrum <04714> Klm <04428> Nhyla <0413> rbd <01696> rsak <0834> wve <06213> alw <03808> Myhlah <0430> ta <0853> tdlymh <03205> Narytw (1:17) <03372>

NETBible

But¹ the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “and they [fem. pl.] feared”; the referent (the midwives) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn The verb is the Piel preterite of חָיָה (khaya, “to live”). The Piel often indicates a factitive nuance with stative verbs, showing the cause of the action. Here it means “let live, cause to live.” The verb is the exact opposite of Pharaoh’s command for them to kill the boys.