Exodus 7:20
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.
KJV
Feceruntque Moyses et Aaron sicut præceperat Dominus : et elevans virgam percussit aquam fluminis coram Pharaone et servis ejus : quæ versa est in sanguinem.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐποίησαν οὕτως Μωυσῆς καὶ Ἀαρὼν καθάπερ ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς Κύριος· καὶ ἐπάρας τῇ ῥάβδῳ αὐτοῦ ἐπάταξεν τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ ἐναντίον Φαραὼ καὶ ἐναντίον τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ, καὶ μετέβαλεν πᾶν τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ εἰς αἷμα.
LXX
And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah 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.
ASV
וַ/יַּֽעֲשׂוּ כֵן֩ מֹשֶׁ֨ה וְ/אַהֲרֹ֜ן כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה יְהוָ֗ה וַ/יָּ֤רֶם בַּ/מַּטֶּה֙ וַ/יַּ֤ךְ אֶת הַ/מַּ֨יִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּ/יְאֹ֔ר לְ/עֵינֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה וּ/לְ/עֵינֵ֖י עֲבָדָ֑י/ו וַ/יֵּהָֽפְכ֛וּ כָּל הַ/מַּ֥יִם אֲשֶׁר בַּ/יְאֹ֖ר לְ/דָֽם
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Rev 8:8 · allusion"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;"Exodus: waters turned to blood — second trumpet
Typology
Miracle
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Hab 3:8 — Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
- Num 20:8 — Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them wa
- Ps 78:44 — And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
- Ps 105:29 — He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
- Ps 105:29 — He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.