Exodus 1:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 1:12 : 12 and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;
  • Eccl 8:12 : 12 Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred `times', and prolonging `himself' for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.
  • Isa 3:10 : 10 Say ye to the righteous, that `it is' good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;
  • Exod 1:7 : 7 and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 Whoso is lending `to' Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.
  • Matt 10:42 : 42 and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 `And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did `it' to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did `it'.
  • Luke 1:50 : 50 And His kindness `is' to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,
  • Ps 41:1-2 : 1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him. 2 Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.
  • Ps 61:5 : 5 For Thou, O God, hast hearkened to my vows, Thou hast appointed the inheritance Of those fearing Thy name.
  • Ps 85:9 : 9 Only, near to those fearing Him `is' His salvation, That honour may dwell in our land.
  • Ps 103:11 : 11 For, as the height of the heavens `is' above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.
  • Ps 111:5 : 5 Prey He hath given to those fearing Him, He remembereth to the age His covenant.
  • Ps 145:19 : 19 The desire of those fearing Him He doth, And their cry He heareth, and saveth them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 1:21-22
    2 verses
    87%

    21and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;

    22and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, `Every son who is born -- into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.'

  • Exod 1:15-19
    5 verses
    83%

    15And the king of Egypt speaketh to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, (of whom the name of the one `is' Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah),

    16and saith, `When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it `is' a son -- then ye have put him to death; and if it `is' a daughter -- then she hath lived.'

    17And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;

    18and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, `Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?'

    19And the midwives say unto Pharaoh, `Because the Hebrew women `are' not as the Egyptian women, for they `are' lively; before the midwife cometh in unto them -- they have borne!'

  • Exod 1:7-13
    7 verses
    75%

    7and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them.

    8And there riseth a new king over Egypt, who hath not known Joseph,

    9and he saith unto his people, `Lo, the people of the sons of Israel `is' more numerous and mighty than we;

    10give help! let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it hath come to pass, when war happeneth, that it hath been joined, even it, unto those hating us, and hath fought against us, and hath gone out up of the land.'

    11And they set over it princes of tribute, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it buildeth store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses;

    12and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;

    13and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigour,

  • Ps 105:24
    72%

    24And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries.

  • Exod 11:3
    72%

    3And Jehovah giveth the grace of the people in the eyes of the Egyptians; also the man Moses `is' very great in the land of Egypt, in the eyes of the servants of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of the people.

  • Acts 7:17
    69%

    17`And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

  • Acts 7:19-21
    3 verses
    69%

    19this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

    20in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;

    21and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

  • Exod 12:36
    68%

    36and Jehovah hath given the grace of the people in the eyes of the Egyptians, and they cause them to ask, and they spoil the Egyptians.

  • Exod 2:2
    68%

    2and the woman conceiveth, and beareth a son, and she seeth him that he `is' fair, and she hideth him three months,

  • Exod 2:23-25
    3 verses
    68%

    23And it cometh to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dieth, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goeth up unto God, because of the service;

    24and God heareth their groaning, and God remembereth His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;

    25and God seeth the sons of Israel, and God knoweth.

  • Gen 12:15
    68%

    15and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken `to' Pharaoh's house;

  • Gen 47:27
    67%

    27And Israel dwelleth in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they have possession in it, and are fruitful, and multiply exceedingly;

  • Exod 18:9-10
    2 verses
    67%

    9And Jethro rejoiceth for all the good which Jehovah hath done to Israel, whom He hath delivered from the hand of the Egyptians;

    10and Jethro saith, `Blessed `is' Jehovah, who hath delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of Pharaoh -- who hath delivered this people from under the hand of the Egyptians;

  • Exod 3:21
    67%

    21`And I have given the grace of this people in the eyes of the Egyptians, and it hath come to pass, when ye go, ye go not empty;

  • Exod 2:9
    67%

    9and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, `Take this lad away, and suckle him for me, and I -- I give thy hire;' and the woman taketh the lad, and suckleth him.

  • Gen 1:22
    67%

    22And God blesseth them, saying, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and the fowl let multiply in the earth:'

  • Gen 20:17-18
    2 verses
    67%

    17And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:

    18for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • Exod 5:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20And they meet Moses and Aaron standing to meet them, in their coming out from Pharaoh,

    21and say unto them, `Jehovah look upon you, and judge, because ye have caused our fragrance to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants -- to give a sword into their hand to slay us.'

  • Acts 7:10
    67%

    10and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him -- governor over Egypt and all his house.

  • Deut 1:10
    67%

    10Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and lo, ye `are' to-day as the stars of the heavens for multitude;

  • Ps 105:38
    67%

    38Rejoiced hath Egypt in their going forth, For their fear had fallen upon them.

  • Gen 50:20
    67%

    20As for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as `at' this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

  • Exod 2:15
    66%

    15And Pharaoh heareth of this thing, and seeketh to slay Moses, and Moses fleeth from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelleth in the land of Midian, and dwelleth by the well.