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.

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,

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

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’ve dug wells in other lands. I’ve drunk the water from them. I’ve walked through all the streams of Egypt. I’ve dried up every one of them.’

The fish in the river will die. The river will stink. The Egyptians will not be able to drink its water.” ’ ”

After that, she couldn’t hide him any longer. So she got a basket made out of the stems of tall grass. She coated the basket with tar. She placed the child in the basket. Then she put it in the tall grass that grew along the bank of the Nile River.

I’ve dug wells in strange lands. I’ve drunk the water from them. I’ve walked through all of Egypt’s streams. I’ve dried up every one of them.”

Can grass grow tall where there isn’t any swamp? Can plants grow well where there isn’t any water?

Its people send messengers on the Nile River. They travel over the water in papyrus boats. Messengers, hurry back home! Go back to your people, who are tall and have smooth skin. Everyone is afraid of them. They are warriors whose language is different from ours. Their land is divided up by rivers.

The waters at Nimrim are dried up. And so is the grass. The plants have died. Nothing green is left.