Exodus 7:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ The fish in the river shall die, the river shall become foul smelling, and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink from it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ The fish in the Nile are going to die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians won’t be able to drink water from the Nile.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Also, the fishes that are in the river will die, and the waters will be polluted, and the Egyptians will be afflicted when they drink the water of the river.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And the fishes that are in the river shall die, and the waters shall be corrupted: and the Egyptians shall be afflicted when they drink the water of the river.

Exodus 7:18 Cross References

Exodus 7:21

and the fish in the river died. The river stank so that the Egyptians could not drink its water, and there was blood throughout the whole land of Egypt.

Exodus 7:24

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

Isaiah 19:6

its canals will become foul, and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up. Reeds and rushes will rot away,

Numbers 11:20

but for a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you—because you have rejected the Lord who is among you and have wailed before him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?” ’ ”

Numbers 21:5

The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.”