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Selected Verse: Exodus 1:17 - Basic English
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ex 1:17 |
Basic English |
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. |
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King James |
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| But the midwives feared God--Their faith inspired them with such courage as to risk their lives, by disobeying the mandate of a cruel tyrant; but it was blended with weakness, which made them shrink from speaking the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
feared
(See Scofield) - (Psa 19:9). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| But the midwives feared God (ha-Elohim, the personal, true God), and did not execute the king's command. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| But the midwives feared God - Dreaded his wrath more than Pharaoh's, and therefore saved the men - children alive. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The midwives feared God - Because they knew that God had forbidden murder of every kind; for though the law was not yet given, Exo 20:13, being Hebrews they must have known that God had from the beginning declared, Whosoever sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, Gen 9:6. Therefore they saved the male children of all to whose assistance they were called. See Clarke's note on Exo 1:19. |
9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.
19 And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.
6 Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
13 Do not put anyone to death without cause.