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Exodus 1:17
New International Version
Exodus 1:17
New International Version
17 The midwives, however, feared(A) God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do;(B) they let the boys live.
Exodus 1:17
English Standard Version
Exodus 1:17
English Standard Version
17 But the midwives (A)feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.
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Exodus 1:17
New King James Version
Exodus 1:17
New King James Version
17 But the midwives (A)feared God, and did not do (B)as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
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Exodus 1:17
New American Standard Bible
Exodus 1:17
New American Standard Bible
17 But the midwives [a](A)feared God, and (B)did not do as the king of Egypt had [b]commanded them, but let the boys live.
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- Exodus 1:17 Or revered
- Exodus 1:17 Lit spoken to
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