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href="/bsb/exodus/7.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/7.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Seven days passed after the LORD struck the Nile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Seven days passed from the time the LORD struck the Nile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And seven days passed after the LORD had struck the river.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And seven full days passed after Yahweh had struck the Nile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Seven days passed after the LORD struck the Nile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Seven days passed after the LORD struck the Nile. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And seven days were fulfilled, after that Jehovah had smitten the river.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Seven days after the LORD had struck the Nile, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Seven days passed after the LORD struck the Nile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Seven days passed after the LORD struck the river. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Seven days after the LORD had struck the Nile River, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Seven full days passed after the LORD struck the Nile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Seven days were fulfilled, after the LORD had struck the river.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And seven days were fulfilled after that the LORD had smitten the river.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And seven days are completed after YHWH’s striking the River.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And seven days are completed after Jehovah's smiting the River,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And seven days will be filled up after Jehovah struck the river.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And seven days were fully ended, after that the Lord struck the river. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And seven days were completed, after the Lord struck the river.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And seven days passed after the LORD had smitten the river.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And seven days were completed after LORD JEHOVAH struck the river. <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and seven days were fulfilled after the Lord has smitten the river.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/7-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=1620" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/7.htm">The First Plague: Blood</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">And seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">full days</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: way·yim·mā·lê (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">passed</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: hak·kō·wṯ- (V-Hifil-Inf) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">had struck</a> <a href="/hebrew/2975.htm" title="2975: hay·’ōr (Art:: N-ms) -- Stream (of the Nile), stream, canal. ">the Nile.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-44.htm">Psalm 78:44</a></span><br />He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-29.htm">Psalm 105:29</a></span><br />He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-3.htm">Revelation 16:3-4</a></span><br />And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died. / And the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-7.htm">John 2:7-9</a></span><br />Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim. / “Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so, / and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-8.htm">2 Timothy 3:8</a></span><br />Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Hebrews 11:29</a></span><br />By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-17.htm">Romans 9:17</a></span><br />For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-2</a></span><br />I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-39.htm">Matthew 12:39-41</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. / For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. / The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/29-3.htm">Ezekiel 29:3</a></span><br />Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-5.htm">Isaiah 19:5-6</a></span><br />The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty. / The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/46-7.htm">Jeremiah 46:7-8</a></span><br />Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn? / Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-18.htm">Joel 3:18</a></span><br />And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-11.htm">Zechariah 10:11</a></span><br />They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/8-9.htm">Exodus 8:9,10</a></b></br> And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, <i>that</i> they may remain in the river only? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/10-23.htm">Exodus 10:23</a></b></br> They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/24-13.htm">2 Samuel 24:13</a></b></br> So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/5-14.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/exodus/5-14.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/exodus/7-19.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/exodus/6-28.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/exodus/7-24.htm">Nile</a> <a href="/genesis/50-4.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/exodus/4-10.htm">Past</a> <a href="/exodus/7-24.htm">River</a> <a href="/exodus/6-20.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/7-17.htm">Smiting</a> <a href="/exodus/5-16.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/exodus/7-20.htm">Struck</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/39-32.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-33.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/exodus/8-5.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/exodus/8-3.htm">Nile</a> <a href="/exodus/12-13.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/exodus/21-29.htm">Past</a> <a href="/exodus/8-3.htm">River</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/8-2.htm">Smiting</a> <a href="/exodus/9-15.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/exodus/8-17.htm">Struck</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/7-1.htm">Moses and Aaron are encouraged to go again to Pharaoh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/7-8.htm">Aaron's rod is turned into a serpent</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/7-11.htm">The sorcerers do the like; but their rods are swallowed up by Aaron's</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/7-13.htm">Pharaoh's heart is hardened</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/7-14.htm">God's message to Pharaoh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/7-19.htm">The river is turned into blood; and the consequent distress of the Egyptians</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And seven full days passed</b><br>The phrase "seven full days" indicates a complete week, which is significant in biblical terms as the number seven often symbolizes completeness or perfection. This period allowed the Egyptians to experience the full impact of the first plague, the turning of the Nile into blood. It also provided time for Pharaoh to reconsider his stance against letting the Israelites go, highlighting God's patience and the opportunity for repentance.<p><b>after the LORD had struck the Nile.</b><br>The Nile River was central to Egyptian life, serving as a source of sustenance, transportation, and economic prosperity. By striking the Nile, God demonstrated His power over the Egyptian gods, particularly Hapi, the god of the Nile. This act was a direct challenge to the Egyptian belief system and a demonstration of God's supremacy. The striking of the Nile can also be seen as a type of judgment, foreshadowing the ultimate judgment and deliverance found in Jesus Christ. The plagues, beginning with the Nile, serve as a precursor to the final deliverance of God's people, paralleling the deliverance from sin through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The God of Israel, who demonstrates His power and sovereignty over creation and the gods of Egypt through the plagues.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses_and_aaron.htm">Moses and Aaron</a></b><br>God's chosen leaders to confront Pharaoh and lead the Israelites out of Egypt. They act as God's messengers and instruments in performing the signs and wonders.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt, whose heart is hardened against letting the Israelites go, despite witnessing the plagues.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nile_river.htm">The Nile River</a></b><br>A central element in Egyptian life and economy, turned to blood as the first plague, symbolizing God's judgment against Egypt's gods and reliance on the river.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_plagues_of_egypt.htm">The Plagues of Egypt</a></b><br>A series of divine judgments intended to compel Pharaoh to release the Israelites, demonstrating God's power and authority.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The plagues demonstrate God's control over nature and His ability to use it to fulfill His purposes. Believers can trust in God's sovereignty in their own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_mercy.htm">Judgment and Mercy</a></b><br>While the plagues are acts of judgment, they also serve as opportunities for repentance. God's patience is evident in the time given between plagues.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hardness_of_heart.htm">The Hardness of Heart</a></b><br>Pharaoh's hardened heart serves as a warning against resisting God's will. Believers are encouraged to remain open and responsive to God's guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_obedience.htm">The Power of Obedience</a></b><br>Moses and Aaron's obedience to God's commands, despite opposition, highlights the importance of faithfulness in the face of challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a></b><br>The plagues are part of God's plan to fulfill His promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Believers can be assured of God's faithfulness to His promises today.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_magicians_turn_water_to_blood.htm">If Moses and Aaron turned all water to blood (Exodus 7:20-21), how did the magicians replicate this (Exodus 7:22) if no water was left?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_only_miriam_punished_in_numbers_12.htm">Why does Numbers 12:1-2 single out Miriam for punishment while Aaron seems to escape similar consequences for the same complaint?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_rivers_turning_to_blood.htm">Exodus 7:14-18: Is there any historical or archeological evidence of a widespread river turning to blood?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'called_by_his_purpose'_mean.htm">How is Jesus represented in each book of the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">And seven days were fulfilled.</span>--These words seem to mark the duration of the first plague, which was the longer because Pharaoh made no submission at all in consequence of it. Obtaining sufficient water for his own purposes (see the comment on <a href="/exodus/7-23.htm" title="And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.">Exodus 7:23</a>), he thought little of its continuance.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And seven days were fulfilled</span>. This note of time has been regarded as merely fixing the interval between the first plague and the second. But it is more natural to regard it as marking the duration of the first plague. The intervals between one plague and another are nowhere estimated. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/7-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">full days</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">passed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּמָּלֵ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yim·mā·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had struck</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכּוֹת־</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·wṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Nile.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיְאֹֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(hay·’ōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2975.htm">Strong's 2975: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nile -- a channel, a fosse, canal, shaft, the Nile, the Tigris</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/7-25.htm">Exodus 7:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/7-25.htm">Exodus 7:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/7-25.htm">Exodus 7:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/7-25.htm">Exodus 7:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/7-25.htm">Exodus 7:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/7-25.htm">Exodus 7:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/7-25.htm">Exodus 7:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/7-25.htm">Exodus 7:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/7-25.htm">Exodus 7:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/7-25.htm">Exodus 7:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/7-25.htm">OT Law: Exodus 7:25 Seven days were fulfilled after Yahweh had (Exo. 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