Israel Oppressed in Egypt
Acts 7:19
In 9 translations
- BSB
- He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.
- ASV
- 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.
- LSV
- this one, having dealt subtly with our family, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babies, that they might not live;
- YLT
- this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;
- DBY
- He dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live.
- DRC
- This same dealing craftily with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their children, to the end they might not be kept alive.
- GNV
- The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and euill entreated our fathers, and made them to cast out their yong children, that they should not remaine aliue.
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Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἡμῶν (“of us”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἔκθετα elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: πατέρας. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read πατέρας; Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont add ἡμῶν.
- SBLGNT: τὰ βρέφη ἔκθετα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τὰ βρέφη ἔκθετα; Robinson–Pierpont read ἔκθετα τὰ βρέφη.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- οὗτος κατασοφισάμενος τὸ γένος ἡμῶν ἐκάκωσεν τοὺς πατέρας τοῦ ποιεῖν τὰ βρέφη ἔκθετα αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ μὴ ζῳογονεῖσθαι.
- RP2018
- Οὗτος κατασοφισάμενος τὸ γένος ἡμῶν, ἐκάκωσεν τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν, τοῦ ποιεῖν ἔκθετα τὰ βρέφη αὐτῶν, εἰς τὸ μὴ ζῳογονεῖσθαι.
- TR-Boyd
- Οὗτος κατασοφισάμενος τὸ γένος ἡμῶν, ἐκάκωσε τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν, τοῦ ποιεῖν ἔκθετα τὰ βρέφη αὐτῶν, εἰς τὸ μὴ ζῳογονεῖσθαι.
- SCR1894
- ουτος κατασοφισαμενος το γενος ημων εκακωσεν τους πατερας ημων του ποιειν εκθετα τα βρεφη αυτων εις το μη ζωογονεισθαι
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 105:25whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
- Exodus 1:9–22“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our…
- Psalms 83:4–5saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.” For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—
- Revelation 12:4–5His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth. And she gave birth to…
- Psalms 129:1–3Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare— many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me. The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their…
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