Psalms 105 · Verse 29

Psalms 105:29

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

Psalms 105:29 in other translations

BSBHe turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.
WEBHe turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
ASVHe turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish.
YLTHe hath turned their waters to blood, And putteth to death their fish.
DARBYHe turned their waters into blood, and caused their fish to die.
BBEAt his word their waters were turned to blood, and he sent death on all their fish.
WebsterHe turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

What does Psalms 105:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 105:28-36

28-36. The ninth plague is made prominent as peculiarly wonderful. they rebelled not--Moses and Aaron promptly obeyed God (He 11:27); (compare Ex 7:1-11:10 and Psa 78:44-51, with which this summary substantially agrees). Or, rather, the "darkness" here is figurative (Jr 13:16), the literal plague of darkness (Ex 10:22, 23) being only alluded to as the symbol of God's wrath which overhung Egypt as a dark cloud during…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 105:24-45

As the believer commonly thrives best in his soul when under the cross; so the church also flourishes most in true holiness, and increases in number, while under persecution. Yet instruments shall be raised up for their deliverance, and plagues may be expected by persecutors. And see the special care God took of his people in the wilderness. All the benefits bestowed on Israel as a nation, were shadows of spiritual…

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Psalms 105:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הָפַ֣ךְha.Fakhhe turnedH2015
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מֵימֵיהֶ֣םmei.mei.Hemwater theirH4325
לְדָ֑םle.Daminto bloodH1818
וַ֝יָּ֗מֶתvai.Ya.metand he caused to dieH4191
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
דְּגָתָֽם\׃de.ga.Tamfish theirH1710

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 105:29

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

  • 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.

  • Psalms 78:44

    And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

  • 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 midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

  • 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 have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
78:44; Ex 7:20,21; Isa 50:2; Eze 29:4,5; Re 16:3

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Context

  • Psalms 105:28

    He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

  • Psalms 105:29

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

  • Psalms 105:30

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

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Psalms 105:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Volvió sus aguas en sangre, y mató sus pescados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Il changea leurs eaux en sang, et fit mourir leurs poissons.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Er verwandelte ihre Wasser in Blut, und ließ sterben ihre Fische.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et irritaverunt eum in adinventionibus suis, et multiplicata est in eis ruina.