Exodus 7:24 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 7:24 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיַּחְפְּר֧וּ
châphar
H2658
to dig
כָל
kôl
H3605
all
מִצְרַ֛יִם
Mitsrîy
H4713
Egyptian
סְבִיבֹ֥ת
çâbîyb
H5439
round about
הַיְאֹ֖ר
yᵉʼôr
H2975
river
מַ֣יִם
mayim
H4325
water
לִשְׁתּ֑וֹת
shâthâh
H8354
to drink
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
לֹ֤א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָֽכְלוּ֙
yâkôl
H3201
to prevail
לִשְׁתֹּ֔ת
shâthâh
H8354
to drink
מִמֵּימֵ֖י
mayim
H4325
water
הַיְאֹֽר
yᵉʼôr
H2975
river
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
All the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they couldn't drink of the water of the river.
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King James Version Public Domain
And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And all the Egyptians dug water to drink around the river, for they were not able to drink from the waters of the river.
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