Exodus 7:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

This 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 turned into blood.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Thus says the LORD, By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} In this thou shalt know{H3045} that I am Jehovah:{H3068} behold, I will smite{H5221} with the rod{H4294} that is in my hand{H3027} upon the waters{H4325} which are in the river,{H2975} and they shall be turned{H2015} to blood.{H1818}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, In this thou shalt know{H3045}{(H8799)} that I am the LORD{H3068}: behold, I will smite{H5221}{(H8688)} with the rod{H4294} that is in mine hand{H3027} upon the waters{H4325} which are in the river{H2975}, and they shall be turned{H2015}{(H8738)} to blood{H1818}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    wherfore thus sayth the Lorde: hereby thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord. Behold, I will smyte with the staffe that is in myne hand apon the waters that are in the ryuer, and they shall turne to bloude.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE: Hereby shalt thou knowe, yt I am ye LORDE. Beholde, wt the staff yt I haue in my hande, wil I smyte the water which is in ye ryuer, & it shalbe turned in to bloude:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thus saith the Lorde, In this shalt thou know that I am the Lord: behold, I wil smite with the rodde that is in mine hand vpon the water that is in the riuer, and it shalbe turned to blood.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thus sayeth the Lord, In this thou shalt knowe that I am the Lorde: beholde, I wyll smyte with the rodde that is in my hande, the waters whiche are in the ryuers, and they shalbe turned to blood.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Thus says Yahweh, "In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `Thus said Jehovah: By this thou knowest that I `am' Jehovah; lo, I am smiting with the rod which `is' in my hand, on the waters which `are' in the River, and they have been turned to blood,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thus saith Jehovah, In this thou shalt know that I am Jehovah: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thus saith Jehovah, In this thou shalt know that I am Jehovah: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So the Lord says, By this you may be certain that I am the Lord; see, by the touch of this rod in my hand the waters of the Nile will be turned to blood;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Thus says Yahweh, "In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    This is what the LORD has said:“By this you will know that I am the LORD: I am going to strike the water of the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned into blood.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 4:9 : 9 'But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, then take some water from the Nile, pour it on the dry ground, and the water you take from the river will become blood on the ground.'
  • Exod 5:2 : 2 But Pharaoh replied, "Who is the Lord that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go."
  • Exod 7:5 : 5 The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 The nations have sunk into the pit they made; their feet are caught in the net they hid.
  • Ps 78:44 : 44 He turned their rivers to blood, and they could not drink from their streams.
  • Ps 83:18 : 18 Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever; let them be disgraced and perish.
  • Ps 105:29 : 29 He turned their waters into blood, and he killed their fish.
  • Ezek 29:9 : 9 The land of Egypt will become a desolate waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because he said, 'The Nile is mine; I made it,'
  • Ezek 30:8 : 8 Then they will know that I am the Lord when I set fire to Egypt, and all her allies are broken.
  • Ezek 30:19 : 19 I will execute judgments on Egypt, and they will know that I am the Lord.
  • Ezek 32:15 : 15 When I make the land of Egypt desolate and lay waste everything in it, striking down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 38:23 : 23 Thus I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 39:28 : 28 Then they will know that I am the LORD their God when I send them into exile among the nations and gather them back into their land, leaving none behind.
  • Dan 4:17 : 17 The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, whose height reached to the heavens and which was visible to the whole earth,
  • Dan 4:32 : 32 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand or say to Him, 'What have You done?'
  • Dan 5:21 : 21 He was driven away from people, his mind became like that of an animal, and he lived among the wild donkeys. He ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of men and sets over it whomever He wishes.
  • Dan 5:23 : 23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels from His house brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which cannot see, hear, or understand. But the God who holds your breath in His hand and controls all your ways, you have not glorified.
  • Rev 8:8 : 8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea became blood.
  • Rev 11:6 : 6 They have authority to shut the sky so no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy. They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with any plague whenever they wish.
  • Rev 16:3-6 : 3 The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead person, and every living thing in the sea died. 4 The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. 5 Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, 'You are righteous, Lord, the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, because you have judged these things.' 6 For they shed the blood of your holy people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.
  • 1 Sam 17:46-47 : 46 'Today, the LORD will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you down and cut off your head. I will give the corpses of the Philistines’ army today to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.' 47 'And all those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle belongs to the LORD, and He will give you into our hands.'
  • 1 Kgs 20:28 : 28 Then a man of God approached the king of Israel and said, "This is what the LORD says: Because the Arameans think that the LORD is a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the LORD."
  • 2 Kgs 19:19 : 19 But now, Lord our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, Lord, are God.
  • Exod 6:7 : 7 'I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.'
  • Exod 1:22 : 22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 7:18-21
    4 verses
    86%

    18 The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will not be able to drink water from the Nile.

    19 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers, canals, ponds, and all their reservoirs—and they will turn to blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers.'"

    20 Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded. Aaron raised his staff and struck the water of the Nile in the sight of Pharaoh and his officials, and all the water in the river was turned into blood.

    21 The fish in the Nile died, the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water, and blood was everywhere in Egypt.

  • Exod 7:24-25
    2 verses
    79%

    24 All the Egyptians dug along the Nile to get drinking water because they could not drink the water from the river.

    25 Seven days passed after the Lord struck the Nile.

  • Exod 4:9
    78%

    9 'But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, then take some water from the Nile, pour it on the dry ground, and the water you take from the river will become blood on the ground.'

  • Exod 7:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.

    4 Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring my armies—my people, the Israelites—out of the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment.

    5 The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.

  • Exod 7:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15 "Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes down to the water. Wait to meet him by the riverbank, and take in your hand the staff that was turned into a snake.

    16 Then say to him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go so that they may worship me in the wilderness. But so far you have not listened.'

  • Ps 78:44
    75%

    44 He turned their rivers to blood, and they could not drink from their streams.

  • Isa 11:15
    74%

    15 The LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt. With a scorching wind, He will wave His hand over the River and divide it into seven streams, allowing people to cross in sandals.

  • Ezek 30:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19 I will execute judgments on Egypt, and they will know that I am the Lord.

    20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

  • Exod 17:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 The LORD answered Moses, "Go ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go."

    6 The LORD continued, "I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink." So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

  • Exod 7:8-10
    3 verses
    73%

    8 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    9 "When Pharaoh says to you, 'Perform a miracle,' you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.'"

    10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord had commanded. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.

  • Exod 8:5
    73%

    5 Moses said to Pharaoh, "I leave it to you to set the time for me to pray for you, your officials, and your people, so that the frogs will be removed from you and your houses, remaining only in the Nile."

  • Ezek 29:9
    73%

    9 The land of Egypt will become a desolate waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because he said, 'The Nile is mine; I made it,'

  • Ps 105:29
    72%

    29 He turned their waters into blood, and he killed their fish.

  • Ezek 29:6
    72%

    6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

  • Exod 3:20
    72%

    20 So I will stretch out my hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them; after that, he will let you go.

  • Exod 14:16
    72%

    16 As for you, lift up your staff, stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it, so the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

  • Exod 9:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, your officials, and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.

    15 For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth.

  • Isa 19:5
    71%

    5 The waters will dry up from the sea, and the river will be parched and dry.

  • Exod 8:2
    71%

    2 Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 4:17
    71%

    17 And take this staff in your hand, for with it you shall perform the signs.

  • Ezek 29:3
    70%

    3 Speak and say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it for myself.’

  • Exod 12:13
    70%

    13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are. When I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will come upon you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

  • Rev 16:4
    70%

    4 The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.

  • Ezek 32:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14 Then I will let their waters settle and make their rivers flow like oil, declares the Lord GOD.

    15 When I make the land of Egypt desolate and lay waste everything in it, striking down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.

  • Exod 8:22
    70%

    22 But Moses said, "That would not be right. The sacrifices we make to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is detestable to them before their eyes, they would stone us.

  • Exod 14:26
    70%

    26 Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians, their chariots, and their horsemen.'

  • Zech 10:11
    70%

    11 They will cross the sea of distress, striking the waves, and the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will pass away.

  • Exod 10:2
    70%

    2 And so that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your grandson how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and about the signs I performed among them, so that you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Exod 8:20
    70%

    20 And the LORD did as He said. Dense swarms of flies entered Pharaoh’s palace, the houses of his officials, and throughout Egypt, and the land was ruined because of the flies.

  • Exod 4:2
    69%

    2 The LORD said to him, 'What is that in your hand?' Moses replied, 'A staff.'

  • Ezek 21:17
    69%

    17 Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered to the sword with My people. Therefore, strike your thigh in despair.

  • Exod 8:16
    69%

    16 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he is going out to the water. Say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Let my people go so that they may worship me.'"

  • Num 20:7
    69%

    7 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 7:12
    69%

    12 Each one threw down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

  • Ezek 30:12
    69%

    12 'I will dry up the streams of Egypt, sell the land into the hands of evil men, and desolate the land and everything in it by the hand of foreigners. I, the Lord, have spoken.'