Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. New Living Translation So God was good to the midwives, and the Israelites continued to multiply, growing more and more powerful. English Standard Version So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong. Berean Standard Bible So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous. King James Bible Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. New King James Version Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty. New American Standard Bible So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very mighty. NASB 1995 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very mighty. NASB 1977 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very mighty. Legacy Standard Bible So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very mighty. Amplified Bible So God was good to the midwives, and the people [of Israel] multiplied and became very strong. Christian Standard Bible So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous. Holman Christian Standard Bible So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous. American Standard Version And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And God blessed the Midwives because they made this response, and he multiplied the people and they grew very strong. Brenton Septuagint Translation And God did well to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very strong. Douay-Rheims Bible Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong. English Revised Version And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. GOD'S WORD® Translation God was good to the midwives. So the people increased in number and became very strong. International Standard Version God was pleased with the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very strong. JPS Tanakh 1917 And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. Literal Standard Version And God does good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty; Majority Standard Bible So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous. New American Bible Therefore God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and grew very numerous. NET Bible So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong. New Revised Standard Version So God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong. New Heart English Bible God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty. Webster's Bible Translation Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty. World English Bible God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty. Young's Literal Translation And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Oppression by a New King…19The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.” 20So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous. 21And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.… Cross References Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so. Exodus 1:12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. Exodus 1:19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives." Proverbs 11:18 The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward. Ecclesiastes 8:12 Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence. Isaiah 3:10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor. Treasury of Scripture Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. God. Psalm 41:1,2 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble… Psalm 61:5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. Psalm 85:9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. the people. Exodus 1:7,12 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them… Jump to Previous Blessing Dealt Good Grew Increased Kind Midwives Mighty Multiplied Multiply Numerous Strong Waxed WomenJump to Next Blessing Dealt Good Grew Increased Kind Midwives Mighty Multiplied Multiply Numerous Strong Waxed WomenExodus 1 1. The children of Israel, after Joseph's death, increase.8. The more they are oppressed by a new king, the more they multiply. 15. The godliness of the midwives in saving the male children alive. 22. Pharaoh commands the male children to be cast into the river (20) Therefore God dealt well with the midwives.--Heb., and God dealt well, &c. The reason is stated in Exodus 1:21. It was not because they equivocated and deceived the king, but because they feared God sufficiently to disobey the king, and run the risk of discovery. If they had been discovered, their life would have paid the forfeit.Verses 20, 21. - Therefore God did well to the midwives. Literally, "And God did well," etc. (see ver. 21). Because they feared him sufficiently to disobey the king, and take their chance of a punishment, which might have been very severe-even perhaps death - God overlooked their weak and unfaithful divergence from truth, and gave them a reward. He made them houses. He blessed them by giving them children of their own, who grew up, and gave them the comfort, support, and happiness which children were intended to give. There was a manifest fitness in rewarding those who had refused to bring misery and desolation into families by granting them domestic happiness themselves. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative was good וַיֵּ֥יטֶב (way·yê·ṭeḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing to the midwives, לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֑ת (lam·yal·lə·ḏōṯ) Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage and the people הָעָ֛ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock multiplied וַיִּ֧רֶב (way·yi·reḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great and became even more מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily numerous. וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ (way·ya·‘aṣ·mū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6105: To bind fast, close, powerful, numerous, to crunch the bones Links Exodus 1:20 NIVExodus 1:20 NLT Exodus 1:20 ESV Exodus 1:20 NASB Exodus 1:20 KJV Exodus 1:20 BibleApps.com Exodus 1:20 Biblia Paralela Exodus 1:20 Chinese Bible Exodus 1:20 French Bible Exodus 1:20 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 1:20 God dealt well with the midwives (Exo. 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