Acts 7:19

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 7:19 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 1:9“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
  2. Psalms 83:4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
  3. Psalms 105:25whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
  4. Psalms 129:1Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—
  5. Revelation 12:4His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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