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Psalms 105:29

105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

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

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

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

105:30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.

What does Psalms 105:29 mean?

Psalms 105:29 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include הָפַךְ (hâphak), מַיִם (mayim), דָּם (dâm).

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He
turnedהָפַךְhâphak/haw-fak'/H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
their
watersמַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
into
blood,דָּםdâm/dawm/H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
and
slewמוּתmûwth/mooth/H4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
their
fish.דָּגָהdâgâh/daw-gaw'/H1710{a fish (often used collectively)}

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 105:29.

Exodus 7:17

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.

Exodus 7:20

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 Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

Exodus 7:21

And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

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What does Psalms 105:29 say?

Psalms 105:29 (King James Version) reads: "He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish."

Is Psalms 105:29 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 105:29 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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