NET

16 “When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: If it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she may live.”

Darby

16 and he said, When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see [them] on the stool^D415, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.

Darby Bible Notes

stool - Of uncertain meaning.

KJV

16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see [them] upon the stools; if it [be] a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it [be] a daughter, then she shall live.

Strong's

16 And he said^H559, When ye do the office of a midwife^H3205 to the Hebrew women^H5680, and see^H7200 them upon the stools^H70; if it be a son^H1121, then ye shall kill^H4191 him: but if it be a daughter^H1323, then she shall live^H2425.