Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 7:24:

• Kupsabiny: “The people of Egypt began to dig besides the riverbanks because they could not be able to drink the water of the river.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “All the Egyptians dug right and left along the river Nile to get drinking water, because they could not drink the water from the river.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The Egiptohanon dug around of Nile River so-that (they) could-get a drink (of) water, for they could- no-longer -drink the water in the river.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Bariai: “And the Isip people weren’t able to drink the water [of] the Nail, therefore they were digging water holes at the edge of the Nail to get their water.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
• Opo: “And people of Egypt all, they dug well at side of river, because they not water of Nile be able to drink.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
• English: “The Egyptians dug into the ground near the Nile River to get water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.” (Source: Translation for Translators)