Exodus 7:18 “The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians…”

Exodus 7:18

The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The fish that are in the river will die and the river will become foul. The Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the river.”’”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the fish that is in the riuer shall dye, and the riuer shall stinke, and it shall grieue the Egyptians to drinke of the water of the riuer.

Darby Translation

And the fish that is in the river shall die; and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink the water out of the river.

Young's Literal Translation

and the fish that [are] in the River die, and the River hath stank, and the Egyptians have been wearied of drinking waters from the River.'

Bible in Basic English

And the fish in the Nile will come to destruction, and the river will send up a bad smell, and the Egyptians will not be able, for disgust, to make use of the water of the Nile for drinking.

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Cross references

“shall loathe”

Exodus 7:24 Numbers 11:20 Numbers 21:5

Exodus 7:24 · BSB

So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.

Numbers 11:20 · BSB

but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

Numbers 21:5 · BSB

and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

Also

Exodus 7:21

Exodus 7:21 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.

19And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”

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