EXO 1:20 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) So God rewarded the midwives, and meanwhile, the people continued to increase in number and become more powerful,

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Εὖ δὲ ἐποίει ὁ Θεὸς ταῖς μαίαις· καὶ ἐπλήθυνεν ὁ λαὸς, καὶ ἴσχυε σφόδπα.
(Eu de epoiei ho Theos tais maiais; kai eplaʸthunen ho laos, kai isⱪue sfodpa. )

BrTr And God did well to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very strong.

ULT And God caused good to the midwives. And the people multiplied and became very mighty.

UST (Therefore, the Hebrew people became numerous and very strong.) God acted kindly to the midwives

BSB § So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEBBE God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong.

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

FBV God treated the midwives well, and the people increased in number so there were even more of them.

T4T So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the Hebrew people became even more numerous and strong.

LEB And God did the midwives good, and the Israelite people became many and were very numerous.

BBE And the blessing of God was on these women: and the people were increased in number and became very strong.

Moff No Moff EXO book available

JPS And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

ASV And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

DRA Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.

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

Drby And [fn]God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.

1.20 Elohim

RV And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

Wbstr Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.

KJB-1769 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

KJB-1611 Therefore God dealt well with the midwiues: and the people multiplied and waxed very mighty.

Bshps And God dealt well therefore with the mydwyfes: and the people multiplied and waxed very myghtie.

Gnva God therefore prospered the midwiues, and the people multiplied and were very mightie.
(God therefore prospered the midwiues, and the people multiplied and were very mighty. )

Cvdl Therfore God dealt well with the mydwyues. And the people multiplied, and became exceadinge mightie.
(Therefore God dealt well with the mydwyues. And the people multiplied, and became exceeding mighty.)

Wycl Therfor God dide wel to medewyues; and the puple encreesside, and was coumfortid greetli.
(Therefore God did well to medewyues; and the people encreesside, and was comforted greatly.)

Luth Darum tat GOtt den Wehmüttern Gutes. Und das Volk mehrete sich und ward sehr viel.
(Therefore did God the Wehmüttern Gutes. And the people mehrete itself/yourself/themselves and what/which very viel.)

ClVg Bene ergo fecit Deus obstetricibus: et crevit populus, confortatusque est nimis.
(Bene therefore he_did God obstetricibus: and crevit populus, confortatusque it_is nimis. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

לַֽ⁠מְיַלְּדֹ֑ת

to_the,midwives

These were women who helped a woman give birth to a baby. See how you translated this in Exodus 1:15.

Note 1 topic: writing-background

וַ⁠יִּ֧רֶב הָ⁠עָ֛ם וַ⁠יַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ מְאֹֽד

and,multiplied the,people and,numerous very

This sentence gives background information about the events at the time. Use the natural form in your language for expressing background information.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

וַ⁠יִּ֧רֶב & וַ⁠יַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ מְאֹֽד

and,multiplied & and,numerous very

These words mean similar things and are used together to emphasize their numeric growth. If your language doesn’t have as many words that mean the same thing, you can use fewer words and express the emphasis in another way.

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וַ⁠יֵּ֥יטֶב אֱלֹהִ֖ים לַֽ⁠מְיַלְּדֹ֑ת

and,dealt_well ʼElohīm to_the,midwives

This phrase is more logically connected to the statements in verse 21. It describes the result of the midwives fearing God with a general statement. If it would be more natural in your language, you could rearrange verses 20–21 so that the reason (verses 21) comes before both the general and specific results.

Parallel EXO 1:20