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Acts 7:19

The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
Acts 7:19 · King James Version

In other versions

  • 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.

    ASV

  • He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

    BBE

  • *He* dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live.

    DBY

  • The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive.

    WEB

  • this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

    YLT

  • The same dealt subtlely with our kindred, and evil pleaded our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

    ENG

  • The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and ill-treated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

    WBT

  • He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

    BSB

In context

17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

18Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

20In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:

21And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

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