The canals of the Nile will dry up, and the streams of Egypt will stink with rotting reeds and rushes.

江河要变臭；埃及的河水都必减少枯干。苇子和芦荻都必衰残；

江河发臭，埃及的河水必然减少而枯干。芦苇和芦荻枯萎，

江河发臭，埃及的河水必然减少而枯干。芦苇和芦荻枯萎，

河流必发臭，埃及的河流逐渐枯竭。芦荻和灯心草必枯死，

河道必发臭，埃及众河流的水必消退干涸；苇子和芦荻都必枯萎。

河道必发臭，埃及的河流必消减而干涸；芦苇和芦荻必凋萎，

江河要變臭；埃及的河水都必減少枯乾。葦子和蘆荻都必衰殘；

江河發臭，埃及的河水必然減少而枯乾。蘆葦和蘆荻枯萎，

江河發臭，埃及的河水必然減少而枯乾。蘆葦和蘆荻枯萎，

河流必發臭，埃及的河流逐漸枯竭。蘆荻和燈心草必枯死，

河道必發臭，埃及眾河流的水必消退乾涸；葦子和蘆荻都必枯萎。

江河支流必變臭，埃及尼羅河溝的水必降低，而旱竭；荻子和蘆葦都必枯爛。

河道必發臭，埃及的河流必消減而乾涸；蘆葦和蘆荻必凋萎，

諸川穢臭、河渠耗竭、蘆葦枯槁、

其水盡臭、濠渠必竭、萑葦全枯、

江河盡臭、伊及之水渠水渠或作流川盡涸、蘆葦必雕、

The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will wither,

Its canals will stink. And the streams of Egypt will get smaller and smaller until they dry up. The tall grass that grows along the river will dry up.

and its canals will become foul, and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up, reeds and rushes will rot away.

The channels will stink; they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched. Reed and rush will wilt.

The canals will emit a stench, The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up; The reeds and rushes will rot away.

The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither.

And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.

The channels will stink; they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched. Reed and rush will die.

And they shall turn the rivers far away;[ and] the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,

The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.

I have dug wells in many foreign lands and refreshed myself with their water. With the sole of my foot, I stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!’

The fish in it will die, and the river will stink. The Egyptians will not be able to drink any water from the Nile.’”

But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River.

I have dug wells in many foreign lands and refreshed myself with their water. With the sole of my foot I stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!’

“ Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh? Can marsh grass flourish without water?

that sends ambassadors in swift boats down the river. Go, swift messengers! Take a message to a tall, smooth skinned people, who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction, and whose land is divided by rivers.

Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up! The grassy banks are scorched. The tender plants are gone; nothing green remains.