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Psalms 78:44
44He turned their river into blood; 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For he turned their rivers into blood, so no one could drink from the streams.
Context of Psalms 78:44
42They did not remember his power— the day he redeemed them from the oppressor, 43the day he displayed his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the region of Zoan. He turned their river into blood; they could not drink from their streams. 45He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. 46He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:44 word by word
וַיַּהֲפֹ֣ךְ לְ֭דָם יְאֹרֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝נֹזְלֵיהֶ֗ם בַּל־יִשְׁתָּיֽוּן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:44
- Psalms 105:29He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.
- Exodus 7:17This is what the Lord says: By this you will know that I am the Lord: With the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood.
- Revelation 16:3The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead person, 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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