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Exodus 7:17

Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

KJV

Hæc igitur dicit Dominus : In hoc scies quod sim Dominus : ecce percutiam virga, quæ in manu mea est, aquam fluminis, et vertetur in sanguinem.

Vulgate

τάδε λέγει Κύριος Ἐν τούτῳ γνώσῃ ὅτι ἐγὼ Κύριος· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ τύπτω τῇ ῥάβδῳ τῇ ἐν τῇ χειρί μου ἐπὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ, καὶ μεταβαλεῖ εἰς αἷμα·

LXX

Thus saith Jehovah, In this thou shalt know that I am Jehovah: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

ASV

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בְּ/זֹ֣את תֵּדַ֔ע כִּ֖י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י מַכֶּ֣ה בַּ/מַּטֶּ֣ה אֲשֶׁר בְּ/יָדִ֗/י עַל הַ/מַּ֛יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּ/יְאֹ֖ר וְ/נֶהֶפְכ֥וּ לְ/דָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הָפַ֣ךְ
hpk
verb · 94×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יְאֹ֔ר
y'r
noun · 64×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מַטֵּ֣ה
mth
noun · 235×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 4:9 — And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water w
  • Exod 5:2 — And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
  • Exod 7:5 — And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
  • Exod 7:5 — And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
  • Exod 8:22 — And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
  • Exod 10:2 — And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 32:6 — I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
  • Ezek 38:23 — Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 39:28 — Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there
  • Ps 9:16 — The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
  • Ps 78:44 — And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
  • Rev 8:8 — And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
  • Rev 11:6 — These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
  • Rev 16:3 — And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
  • Rev 16:4 — And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.