Psalm 105:29
New International Version
He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.

New Living Translation
He turned their water into blood, poisoning all the fish.

English Standard Version
He turned their waters into blood and caused their fish to die.

Berean Standard Bible
He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.

King James Bible
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

New King James Version
He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish.

New American Standard Bible
He turned their waters into blood, And caused their fish to die.

NASB 1995
He turned their waters into blood And caused their fish to die.

NASB 1977
He turned their waters into blood, And caused their fish to die.

Legacy Standard Bible
He turned their waters into blood And caused their fish to die.

Amplified Bible
He turned Egypt’s waters into blood And caused their fish to die.

Christian Standard Bible
He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die.

American Standard Version
He turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish.

Contemporary English Version
God turned their rivers into streams of blood, and the fish all died.

English Revised Version
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die.

Good News Translation
He turned their rivers into blood and killed all their fish.

International Standard Version
He turned their water into blood, so that the fish died.

Majority Standard Bible
He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.

NET Bible
He turned their water into blood, and killed their fish.

New Heart English Bible
He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.

Webster's Bible Translation
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

World English Bible
He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
He has turned their waters to blood, "" And puts their fish to death.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath turned their waters to blood, And putteth to death their fish.

Smith's Literal Translation
He turned their waters to blood, and he will slay their fish.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.

Catholic Public Domain Version
He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish.

New American Bible
He turned their waters into blood and killed their fish.

New Revised Standard Version
He turned their waters into blood, and caused their fish to die.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
He turned their waters to blood and killed their fish.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
He turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Tell of His Wonders
28He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words. 29He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die. 30Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.…

Cross References
Exodus 7:20-21
Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood. / The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.

Revelation 16:3-4
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.

Exodus 7:17-19
This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood. / The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’” / And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”

Exodus 8:5-6
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’” / So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

Exodus 9:22-25
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.” / So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt. / The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation. ...

Exodus 10:21-23
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.” / So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days. / No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.

Exodus 12:29-30
Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock. / During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.

Exodus 14:21-22
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, / and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

Numbers 20:11
Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.

2 Kings 2:8
And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

2 Kings 2:14
Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.

Isaiah 50:2
Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

Ezekiel 29:3
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.’

John 2:7-9
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

John 6:19
When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.


Treasury of Scripture

He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

Psalm 78:44
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

Exodus 7:20,21
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood…

Isaiah 50:2
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

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Psalm 105
1. An exhortation to praise God, and to seek out his works
7. The story of God's providence over Abraham
16. Over Joseph
23. Over Jacob in Egypt
26. Over Moses delivering the Israelites
37. Over the Israelites brought out of Egypt, fed in the desert, and planted in Canaan.














He turned their waters into blood
This phrase refers to one of the plagues that God sent upon Egypt as recounted in the book of Exodus. The Hebrew word for "turned" is "הָפַךְ" (haphak), which conveys a sense of transformation or overturning. This miraculous act was a direct challenge to the Egyptian gods, particularly the Nile, which was considered sacred. By turning the waters into blood, God demonstrated His supreme power over creation and the false deities of Egypt. This act was not just a physical transformation but a spiritual declaration of God's sovereignty.

and caused their fish to die
The consequence of the waters turning into blood was the death of the fish, a vital resource for the Egyptians. The Hebrew word for "caused" is "מוּת" (muth), meaning to die or perish. This highlights the severity of the plague, as fish were a staple in the Egyptian diet and economy. The death of the fish symbolizes the collapse of Egypt's natural resources and the futility of relying on anything other than God. It serves as a reminder of the fragility of human constructs when faced with divine intervention.

(29) For the various terms used in describing the plagues, see Notes to the historical account in Exodus.

Verse 29. - He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish (comb. Exodus 7:20, 21).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He turned
הָפַ֣ךְ (hā·p̄aḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert

their water
מֵימֵיהֶ֣ם (mê·mê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

to blood
לְדָ֑ם (lə·ḏām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

and caused their fish
דְּגָתָֽם׃ (də·ḡā·ṯām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1710: A fish

to die.
וַ֝יָּ֗מֶת (way·yā·meṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill


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