Exodus 7:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And all the Egyptians had to dig along the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the river.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the [Nile].

American Standard Version (1901)

And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

Common English Bible

Meanwhile, all the Egyptians had to dig for drinking water along the banks of the Nile River, because they couldn’t drink the water of the Nile itself.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then all the Egyptians dug along the borders of the river for water to drink. For they were not able to drink from the water of the river.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink: for they could not drink of the water of the river.

Exodus 7:24 Cross References

Exodus 7:18

The fish in the river shall die, the river itself shall stink, and the Egyptians shall be unable to drink water from the Nile.’ ”

Exodus 7:23

Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart.

Exodus 7:25

Seven days passed after the Lord had struck the Nile.