Exodus 1:21
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
KJV
Et quia timuerunt obstetrices Deum, ædificavit eis domos.
Vulgate
ἐπειδὴ ἐφοβοῦντο αἱ μαῖαι τὸν θεόν, ἐποίησαν ἑαυταῖς οἰκίας.
LXX
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.
ASV
וַ/יְהִ֕י כִּֽי יָֽרְא֥וּ הַֽ/מְיַלְּדֹ֖ת אֶת הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ לָ/הֶ֖ם בָּתִּֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Can a man merit anything from God? Without grace, can anyone merit eternal life? May anyone with grace merit eternal life condignly? Is it chiefly through the instrumentality of charity that grace is the principle of merit? May a man merit the first grace for himself? May he merit it for someone else? Can anyone merit restoration after sin? Can he merit for himself an increase …
Cross-references
- 1Chr 17:10 — And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
- 1Kgs 2:24 — Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
- 1Kgs 11:38 — And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I
- 1Sam 2:35 — And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
- 1Sam 25:28 — I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all t
- 2Sam 7:11 — And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
- 2Sam 7:11 — And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
- 2Sam 7:27 — For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
- Eccl 8:12 — Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
- Exod 1:17 — But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
- Ps 37:3 — Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
- Ps 127:1 — Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.