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Exodus Chapter 1 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Exodus 1:12

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
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BBE Exodus 1:12

But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.
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DARBY Exodus 1:12

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.
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KJV Exodus 1:12

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
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WBT Exodus 1:12

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
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WEB Exodus 1:12

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.
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YLT Exodus 1:12

and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - They were grieved because of the children of Israel. The word grieved very insufficiently renders the Hebrew verb, which "expresses a mixture of loathing and alarm" ('Speaker's Commentary,' vol. 1. pt. 1, p. 251). Kalisch translates forcibly, if inelegantly - "They had a horror of the children of Israel."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) The more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew.--This result was not natural. It can only be ascribed to God's superintending Providence, whereby "the fierceness of man" was made to "turn to his praise." Naturally, severe and constant labour exhausts a nation, and causes its numbers to diminish.They were grieved.--This is scarcely strong enough. Translate, "They were sore distressed."