Devine Scripture

Exodus 1:22

Exodus chapter 1 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

Context

v.21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.

v.22This passage

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 105:25

    He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants.

  • Proverbs 27:4

    Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

  • Exodus 1:16

    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.

  • Acts 7:19

    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.

  • Revelation 16:4

    And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters; and it became blood.

  • Proverbs 4:16

    For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.