Acts 7:19
Acts 7:17-19 The Message (MSG)
“When the four hundred years were nearly up, the time God promised Abraham for deliverance, the population of our people in Egypt had become very large. And there was now a king over Egypt who had never heard of Joseph. He exploited our race mercilessly. He went so far as forcing us to abandon our newborn infants, exposing them to the elements to die a cruel death.
Acts 7:19 King James Version (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.
Acts 7:19 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
It was he who took shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would expose their infants and they would not survive.
Acts 7:19 New Century Version (NCV)
This king tricked our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to leave their babies outside to die.
Acts 7:19 American Standard Version (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.
Acts 7:19 New International Version (NIV)
He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.
Acts 7:19 New King James Version (NKJV)
This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live.
Acts 7:19 Amplified Bible (AMP)
He shrewdly exploited our race and mistreated our fathers, forcing them to expose their [male] babies so that they would die.
Acts 7:19 New Living Translation (NLT)
This king exploited our people and oppressed them, forcing parents to abandon their newborn babies so they would die.