Exodus 7:24

Exodus 7:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile to get drinking water, because they could not drink the water of the river.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the Nile.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So all the Egyptians dug all around the river for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the river.

Context of Exodus 7:24

22But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts, and so Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he refused to listen to Moses and Aaron – just as the Lord had predicted. 23And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He did not pay any attention to this. All the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the Nile. 25Seven full days passed after the Lord struck the Nile.

Exodus 7:24 word by word

וַיַּחְפְּר֧וּ כָל־מִצְרַ֛יִם סְבִיבֹ֥ת הַיְאֹ֖ר מַ֣יִם לִשְׁתּ֑וֹת כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָֽכְלוּ֙ לִשְׁתֹּ֔ת מִמֵּימֵ֖י הַיְאֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And all the Egyptiansמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• diggedחָפַרchâphar · to searchH2658
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · around: sideH5439
• the riverיְאֹרye'ôr · NileH2975
• for waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• to drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• for they couldיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201

Cross-references for Exodus 7:24

• Exodus 7:18Fish in the Nile will die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile.”’”

Commentaries on Exodus 7:24

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-25Verses 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 drink blood, or die for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-25The first plague was the plague on the Nile, when the whole river turned to blood (7:20). The Egyptians correctly understood that without the Nile there would be no life in Egypt. They worshiped the Nile as the Mother of Egypt, but God showed that life is his to give or withhold.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-251. the Lord said unto Moses--He is here encouraged to wait again on the king--not, however, as formerly, in the attitude of a humble suppliant, but now armed with credentials as God's ambassador, and to make his demand in a tone and manner which no earthly monarch or court ever witnessed. I have made thee a god--"made," that is, set, appointed; "a god"; that is, he was to act in this business as God's representative, to act and speak in His name and to…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Exodus 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings