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Exodus 7:17

This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּ֚הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בְּזֹ֣אתbe.Zotby thisH2063 →
תֵּדַ֔עte.Da'you will knowH3045 →
כִּ֖יkithatH3588 →
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068 →
הִנֵּ֨הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
אָנֹכִ֜י'a.no.KhiIH595 →
מַכֶּ֣ה׀ma.Keh[am] about to strikeH5221 →
בַּמַּטֶּ֣הba.ma.Tehwith the staffH4294 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
בְּיָדִ֗יbe.ya.Di[is] in hand myH3027 →
עַל־'al-<on>H5921 →
הַמַּ֛יִםha.Ma.yimthe waterH4325 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
בַּיְאֹ֖רbay.'Or[is] in the RiverH2975 →
וְנֶהֶפְכ֥וּve.ne.hef.Khuand they will be changedH2015 →
לְדָֽם׃le.Daminto bloodH1818 →

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Exodus 4:9But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”Exodus 7:5And 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.”Exodus 10:2and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion SelahEzekiel 38:23I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.Ezekiel 39:28Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.Exodus 8:22But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.Ezekiel 32:6I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains—the ravines will be filled.Daniel 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’Ezekiel 29:9The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’1 Kings 20:28Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”Ezekiel 32:15‘When I make the land of Egypt a desolation and empty it of all that filled it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.’Exodus 6:7I 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 yoke of the Egyptians.Psalms 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.Exodus 1:22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”Daniel 5:21He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

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Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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