Psalms 105:29

He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
turned	הָפַ֣ךְ ha.Fakh	H2015	to turn about or over · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
waters	מֵימֵיהֶ֣ם mei.mei.Hem	H4325	water · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
blood	לְדָ֑ם le.Dam	H1818	blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or… · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
slew	וַ֝יָּ֗מֶת vai.Ya.met	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fish	דְּגָתָֽם de.ga.Tam	H1710	a fish (often used collectively) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Exodus 7:20-21 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 Ph…
Psalms 78:44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
Revelation 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.
Isaiah 50:2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or ha…
Ezekiel 29:4-5 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the mids…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:25–end

After the history of the patriarchs follows here the history of the people of Israel, when they grew into a nation. I. Their affliction in Egypt (Psa 105:25): He turned the heart of the Egyptians, who had protected them, to hate them and deal subtilely with them. God's goodness to his people exasperated the Egyptians against them; and, though their old antipathy to the Hebrews (which we read of Gen 43:32; Gen 46:34) was laid asleep for a while, yet now it revived with more violence than ever: formerly they hated them because they despised them, now because they feared them. They dealt subtilely with them, set all their politics on work to find out ways and means to weaken them, and waste the…

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John Gill on Psalms 105:29

He turned their waters into blood,.... With which Egypt abounded; their streams, rivers, ponds, and pools, so that they had no water to drink; a just judgment upon them for shedding the innocent blood of infants, by drowning them in their rivers; this was the first of the ten plagues, Exodus 7:19, with this compare the second and third vials poured out on spiritual Egypt, whereby blood will be given to antichrist, and to the antichristian states, for they are worthy, having shed so much of the blood of the saints, Revelation 16:3. And slew their fish; which showed that the miracle was real, that the waters were really turned into blood, since the fish could not live in them, as they might i…

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John Calvin on Psalms 105:25-30

Psalm 105:25-30 25. He turned their heart, so that they hated his people, and dealt craftily with his servants. 26. He sent Moses his servant; Aaron whom he had chosen. 27. They set among them the words of his signs and his miracles in the land of Ham. 28. He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they were not rebellious against his words. 29. He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish. 30. Their land brought forth frogs, yea, even within the chambers of their kings. 25. He turned their heart, so that they hated his people The Egyptians, though at first kind and courteous hosts to the Israelites, became afterwards cruel enemies; and this also the prophet ascribes to the counse…

The Church Fathers

"He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish" [Psalm 105:29].
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 105

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Dictionary and topics

Blood · Plague of — Plague of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 105:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:25–end

John Gill on Psalms 105:29

John Calvin on Psalms 105:25-30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 105:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:25–end

John Gill on Psalms 105:29

John Calvin on Psalms 105:25-30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 105:25-38

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 105:26-36

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 105:29