Exodus 7:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When the fish that were in the Nile died, the Nile began to stink, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood everywhere in the land of Egypt!

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  • Exod 7:18 : 18 Fish in the Nile will die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile.”’”
  • Rev 8:9 : 9 and a third of the creatures living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed.

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  • Exod 7:17-20
    4 verses
    92%

    17This 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.

    18Fish in the Nile will die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile.”’”

    19Then the LORD said to Moses,“Tell Aaron,‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over Egypt’s waters– over their rivers, over their canals, over their ponds, and over all their reservoirs– so that it becomes blood.’ There will be blood everywhere in the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers.”

    20Moses and Aaron did so, just as the LORD had commanded. He raised the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile right before the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood.

  • Exod 7:24-25
    2 verses
    83%

    24All the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the Nile.

    25The Second Blow: Frogs Seven full days passed after the LORD struck the Nile.

  • Ps 78:44
    82%

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

  • Ps 105:29
    80%

    29He turned their water into blood, and killed their fish.

  • Exod 7:22
    75%

    22But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts, and so Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he refused to listen to Moses and Aaron– just as the LORD had predicted.

  • Exod 4:9
    75%

    9And if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to you, then take some water from the Nile and pour it out on the dry ground. The water you take out of the Nile will become blood on the dry ground.”

  • Exod 8:11-14
    4 verses
    74%

    11The frogs will depart from you, your houses, your servants, and your people; they will be left only in the Nile.”

    12Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the LORD because of the frogs that he had brought on Pharaoh.

    13The LORD did as Moses asked– the frogs died out of the houses, the villages, and the fields.

    14The Egyptians piled them in countless heaps, and the land stank.

  • Exod 8:24
    73%

    24The LORD did so; a thick swarm of flies came into Pharaoh’s house and into the houses of his servants, and throughout the whole land of Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.

  • Exod 8:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5The LORD spoke to Moses,“Tell Aaron,‘Extend your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals, and over the ponds, and bring the frogs up over the land of Egypt.’”

    6So Aaron extended his hand over the waters of Egypt, and frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

    7The magicians did the same with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too.

  • Isa 11:15
    73%

    15The LORD will divide the gulf of the Egyptian Sea; he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River and send a strong wind, he will turn it into seven dried-up streams, and enable them to walk across in their sandals.

  • Exod 7:15
    72%

    15Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes out to the water. Position yourself to meet him by the edge of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was turned into a snake.

  • Exod 9:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6And the LORD did this on the next day; all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but of the Israelites’ livestock not one died.

    7Pharaoh sent representatives to investigate, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he did not release the people.

  • Rev 16:4
    72%

    4Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood.

  • Isa 19:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5The water of the sea will be dried up, and the river will dry up and be empty.

    6The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,

  • Exod 11:5
    71%

    5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

  • Exod 5:21
    71%

    21and they said to them,“May the LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the opinion of Pharaoh and his servants, so that you have given them an excuse to kill us!”

  • Gen 7:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21And all living things that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind.

    22Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

  • Isa 19:10
    71%

    10Those who make cloth will be demoralized; all the hired workers will be depressed.

  • Exod 8:9
    70%

    9Moses said to Pharaoh,“You may have the honor over me– when shall I pray for you, your servants, and your people, for the frogs to be removed from you and your houses, so that they will be left only in the Nile?”

  • Exod 7:11
    70%

    11Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt by their secret arts did the same thing.

  • Exod 8:21
    70%

    21If you do not release my people, then I am going to send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and in your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies, and even the ground they stand on.

  • Ezek 32:2
    70%

    2“Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:“‘You were like a lion among the nations, but you are a monster in the seas; you thrash about in your streams, stir up the water with your feet, and muddy your streams.

  • Exod 12:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29The Deliverance from Egypt It happened at midnight– the LORD attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

    30Pharaoh got up in the night, along with all his servants and all Egypt, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no house in which there was not someone dead.

  • Exod 14:30
    70%

    30So the LORD saved Israel on that day from the power of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore of the sea.

  • Exod 14:21
    70%

    21Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the LORD drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided.

  • Exod 14:26
    70%

    26The LORD said to Moses,“Extend your hand toward the sea, so that the waters may flow back on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen!”

  • Exod 8:2
    70%

    2But if you refuse to release them, then I am going to plague all your territory with frogs.

  • Ezek 47:9
    70%

    9Every living creature which swarms where the river flows will live; there will be many fish, for these waters flow there. It will become fresh and everything will live where the river flows.

  • Heb 11:29
    70%

    29By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up.

  • Exod 9:11
    70%

    11The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.

  • Ezek 29:3
    70%

    3Tell them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of its waterways, who has said,“My Nile is my own, I made it for myself.”

  • Exod 1:22
    70%

    22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people,“All sons that are born you must throw into the river, but all daughters you may let live.”