Exodus 7:24
And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
Exodus 7:24 in other translations
| BSB | So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river. |
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| WEB | All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they couldn’t drink the river water. |
| ASV | And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. |
| YLT | and all the Egyptians seek water round about the river to drink, for they have not been able to drink of the waters of the River. |
| DARBY | And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. |
| BBE | And all the Egyptians made holes round about the Nile to get drinking-water, for they were not able to make use of the Nile water. |
| Webster | And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. |
What does Exodus 7:24 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 7:14-25
Here is the first of the ten plagues, the turning of the water into blood. It was a dreadful plague. The sight of such vast rolling streams of blood could not but strike horror. Nothing is more common than water: so wisely has Providence ordered it, and so kindly, that what is so needful and serviceable to the comfort of human life, should be cheap and almost every where to be had; but now the Egyptians must either…
Exodus 7:24 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Exodus 7:23
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
- Exodus 7:24
And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
- Exodus 7:25
And seven days were fulfilled, after that the Lord had smitten the river.
Exodus 7:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y en todo Egipto hicieron pozos alrededor del río para beber, porque no podían beber de las aguas del río. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tous les Égyptiens creusèrent autour du fleuve pour trouver de l’eau à boire, car ils ne pouvaient boire des eaux du fleuve. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und alle Ägypter gruben rings um den Strom nach Wasser zum Trinken, denn von dem Wasser des Stromes konnten sie nicht trinken. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Foderunt autem omnes Ægyptii per circuitum fluminis aquam ut biberent: non enim poterant bibere de aqua fluminis. |