Verse Comparison: Exodus 7:24
American Standard Version
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
And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the [Nile].
Contemporary English Version
The Egyptians had to dig holes along the banks of the Nile for drinking water, because water from the river was unfit to drink.
Darby English 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.
Good News Bible
All the Egyptians dug along the bank of the river for drinking water, because they were not able to drink water from the river.
King James Version
And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
New American Standard Bible
So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the Nile.
New International Version
And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile to get drinking water, because they could not drink the water of the river.
New King James Version
So all the Egyptians dug all around the river for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the river.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the Nile.
Revised Standard Version
And all the Egyptians dug round about the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the Nile.8
Young's Literal Translation
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.
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