ACTs 7:19 Parallel Verse View

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ULT He, exploiting our people, mistreated our fathers, to make their babies exposed, in order not to keep them alive.

UST That king tried to get rid of our ancestors in cruel ways. He oppressed them and caused them to suffer greatly. He even commanded them to abandon their newborn babies outside their homes so that the babies would die.

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

BLB Having dealt treacherously with our race, he mistreated our fathers, making them abandon their infants so that they would not live.

AICNT This one, having deceived our race, mistreated {our}[fn] fathers [by] making their infants exposed so that they would not be kept alive.

7:19, our: NA28 ‖ Absent from some manuscripts which read “the Fathers.” SBLGNT THGNT

OEB This king acted deceitfully towards our people and ill-treated our ancestors, making them abandon their own infants, so that they should not be reared.

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

LSV this one, having dealt subtly with our family, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babies, that they might not live;

FBV He took advantage of our people and treated our ancestors badly, forcing them to abandon their babies so they would die.

TCNT This king dealt shrewdly with our people and mistreated our fathers, making them abandon their newborn babies so that they would not survive.

T4T That king cruelly tried to get rid of our ancestors. He oppressed them and caused them to suffer greatly. He even commanded them to leave their baby boys outside their homes so that they would die.”

LEB This man deceitfully took advantage of our[fn] people and[fn] mistreated our ancestors, causing them to abandon their infants[fn] so that they would not be kept alive.

7:19 *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

7:19 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“deceitfully took advantage of”) has been translated as a finite verb

7:19 Literally “making their infants be abandoned”

BBE 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.

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Wymth He adopted a crafty policy towards our race, and oppressed our forefathers, making them cast out their infants so that they might not be permitted to live.

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.

DRA 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.

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

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

RV The same dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 The same dealt subtilly with our kinred, and euill intreated our fathers, so that they cast out their yong children, to the end they might not liue.
(The same dealt subtilly with our kinred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.)

Bshps The same dealt subtilly with our kinrede, and euyll intreated our fathers, & made them caste out their young chyldren, that they shoulde not remayne alyue.
(The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, and made them cast/threw out their young children, that they should not remain alive.)

Gnva 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.
(The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, and made them to cast out their young children, that they should not remain alive. )

Cvdl The same dealte suttely wt oure kynred, and intreated oure fathers euell and made them to cast out the yonge children, that they shulde not remayne alyue.
(The same dealte suttely with our kynred, and entreated our fathers evil and made them to cast out the young children, that they should not remain alive.)

TNT The same dealte suttelly with oure kynred and evyll intreated oure fathers and made them to cast oute their younge chyldren that they shuld not remayne alyve.
(The same dealte suttelly with our kynred and evil entreated our fathers and made them to cast oute their younge children that they should not remain alive. )

Wycl This bigilide oure kyn, and turmentide oure fadris, that thei schulden putte awey her yonge children, for thei schulden not lyue.
(This bigilide our kin, and turmentide our fathers, that they should put away her young children, for they should not live.)

Luth Dieser trieb Hinterlist mit unserm Geschlechte und behandelte unsere Väter übel und schaffte, daß man die jungen Kindlein hinwerfen mußte, daß sie nicht lebendig blieben.
(Dieser drove Hinterlist with unserm Geschlechte and behandelte unsere fathers bad/evil and managed, that man the jungen Kindlein hinwerfen mußte, that they/she/them not lifedig blieben.)

ClVg Hic circumveniens genus nostrum, afflixit patres nostros ut exponerent infantes suos, ne vivificarentur.[fn]
(Hic circumveniens genus nostrum, afflixit patres ours as exponerent infantes suos, not vivificarentur. )

7.19 Genus nostrum, etc. Patres nostros dicit, et, genus nostrum, ne patres blasphemare videatur.

7.19 Genus nostrum, etc. Patres ours dicit, et, genus nostrum, not patres blasphemare videatur.

UGNT οὗτος, κατασοφισάμενος τὸ γένος ἡμῶν, ἐκάκωσεν τοὺς πατέρας τοῦ ποιεῖν τὰ βρέφη ἔκθετα αὐτῶν, εἰς τὸ μὴ ζῳογονεῖσθαι.
(houtos, katasofisamenos to genos haʸmōn, ekakōsen tous pateras tou poiein ta brefaʸ ektheta autōn, eis to maʸ zōiogoneisthai.)

SBL-GNT οὗτος κατασοφισάμενος τὸ γένος ἡμῶν ἐκάκωσεν τοὺς ⸀πατέρας τοῦ ποιεῖν ⸂τὰ βρέφη ἔκθετα⸃ αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ μὴ ζῳογονεῖσθαι.
(houtos katasofisamenos to genos haʸmōn ekakōsen tous ⸀pateras tou poiein ⸂ta brefaʸ ektheta⸃ autōn eis to maʸ zōiogoneisthai.)

TC-GNT Οὗτος κατασοφισάμενος τὸ γένος ἡμῶν, ἐκάκωσε τοὺς πατέρας [fn]ἡμῶν, τοῦ ποιεῖν [fn]ἔκθετα τὰ βρέφη αὐτῶν, εἰς τὸ μὴ ζῳογονεῖσθαι.
(Houtos katasofisamenos to genos haʸmōn, ekakōse tous pateras haʸmōn, tou poiein ektheta ta brefaʸ autōn, eis to maʸ zōiogoneisthai. )

7:19 ημων ¦ — ECM^† SBL TH WH

7:19 εκθετα τα βρεφη ¦ τα βρεφη εκθετα CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

οὗτος

He refers to the new king of Egypt, not to Joseph. Alternate translation: [This king]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τοὺς πατέρας

the fathers

Here and frequently throughout the rest of his speech to the Sanhedrin, Stephen is using the term fathers to mean “ancestors.” If your readers might not understand this, you could express the meaning in a non-figurative way. Alternate translation: [our ancestors]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

τοὺς πατέρας

the fathers

Although the term fathers is masculine, when Stephen uses it to mean “ancestors,” it has a generic sense that includes both men and women. Here and throughout the speech, if you retain the metaphor in your translation, you could state “our fathers and mothers” to indicate this generic sense.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοῦ ποιεῖν τὰ βρέφη ἔκθετα αὐτῶν

¬which /to_be/_making the babies abandoned ˱of˲_them

Stephen assumes that his listeners will know that by exposed he means “left outside.” This was an unfortunate means of infanticide in the ancient world. Alternate translation: [forcing them to leave their babies outside]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

εἰς τὸ μὴ ζῳογονεῖσθαι

in_order that not /to_be_being/_kept_alive

Stephen is using a double negative that consists of the negative particle not and the verb keep alive, which was negative from Pharaoh’s perspective, since it was contrary to his intentions. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this double negative as a positive statement. Alternate translation: [in order to kill them]

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