Exodus 7:18
Good News Translation
The fish will die, and the river will stink so much that the Egyptians will not be able to drink from it.'"

New Revised Standard Version
The fish in the river shall die, the river itself shall stink, and the Egyptians shall be unable to drink water from the Nile.’”

Contemporary English Version
The fish will die, the river will stink, and none of you Egyptians will be able to drink the water."

New American Bible
The fish in the Nile will die, and the Nile itself will stink so that the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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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.

the fish

Exodus 7:21 And the fishes that were in the river died; and the river corrupted, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river, and there was blood in all the land of Egypt.

Egyptians.

Exodus 7:24 And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

Numbers 11:20 But even for a month of days, till it come out at your nostrils, and become loathsome to you, because you have cast off the Lord, who is in the midst of you, and have wept before him, saying: Why came we out of Egypt?

Numbers 21:5 And speaking against God and Moses, they said: Why didst thou bring us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, nor have we any waters: our soul now loatheth this very light food.

Context
The First Plague: Blood
17Thus therefore saith the Lord: In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold I will strike with the rod, that is in my hand, the water of the river, and it shall be turned into blood. 18And 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.19The Lord also said to Moses: Say to Aaron, Take thy rod; and stretch forth thy hand upon the waters of Egypt, and upon their rivers, and streams and pools, and all the ponds of waters, that they may be turned into blood: and let blood be in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone.…
Cross References
Exodus 7:21
And the fishes that were in the river died; and the river corrupted, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river, and there was blood in all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 7:24
And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

Isaiah 19:6
And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the banks shall be diminished, and be dried up. The reed and the bulrush shall wither away.

Exodus 7:17
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