Psalms 78:44
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
KJV
And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.
ASV
וַ/יַּהֲפֹ֣ךְ לְ֭/דָם יְאֹרֵי/הֶ֑ם וְ֝/נֹזְלֵי/הֶ֗ם בַּל יִשְׁתָּיֽוּ/ן
Hebrew
And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.
YLT
he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בַּל
bl
particle · 72×
הָפַ֣ךְ
hpk
verb · 94×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
יְאֹ֔ר
y'r
noun · 64×
יִזְּלוּ
yzlv
verb · 16×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 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.
- Exod 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
- 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.
- 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 16:3 — 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.