God’s Word Translation
Psalms 78:44
44He turned their rivers into blood so that they could not drink from their streams.
Psalms 78:44 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
- New International Version (NIV)He turned their river into blood; they could not drink from their streams.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, that they could not drink.
Context of Psalms 78:44
42They did not remember his power— the day he freed them from their oppressor, 43when he performed his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders in the fields of Zoan. He turned their rivers into blood so that they could not drink from their streams. 45He sent a swarm of flies that bit them and frogs that ruined them. 46He gave their crops to grasshoppers and their produce to locusts.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:44 word by word
וַיַּהֲפֹ֣ךְ לְ֭דָם יְאֹרֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝נֹזְלֵיהֶ֗ם בַּל־יִשְׁתָּיֽוּן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 78:44
- Psalms 105:29He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die.
- Exodus 7:17Here is what the Lord says: This is the way you will recognize that I am the Lord: With this staff in my hand, I’m going to strike the Nile, and the water will turn into blood.
- Revelation 16:3The second angel poured his bowl over the sea. The sea turned into blood like the blood of a dead man, and every living thing in the sea died.
Commentaries on Psalms 78:44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 44Turned their rivers into blood - See on Exodus 7:20; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 44And had turned their rivers into blood - Exodus 7:20. There was properly but one river in Egypt - the Nile. But there were several branches of that river at the mouth; and there were numerous artificial streams or canals cut from the river, to anyone of which the word river might be also given. Compare the notes at Isaiah 11:15. And their floods - Their streams; the canals and branches of the Nile, where they usually obtained a supply of water.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 40-55Verses 40-55 Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be discouraged from repentance. The Holy One of Israel will do what is most for his own glory, and what is most for their good. Their forgetting former favours, led them to limit God for the future. God made his own people to go forth like sheep; and guided…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40-55The Israelites rebelled even though the Lord had rescued them from powerful plagues.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-721. my people ... my law--the language of a religious teacher (Psa 78:2; La 3:14; Ro 2:16, 27; compare Psa 49:4). The history which follows was a "dark saying," or riddle, if left unexplained, and its right apprehension required wisdom and attention.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 78
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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