I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will also water with your blood the land in which you swim, even to the mountains; and the watercourses shall be full of you.
- BSB I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains—the ravines will be filled.
- NKJV “I will also water the land with the flow of your blood, Even to the mountains; And the riverbeds will be full of you.
- NASB “I will also make the land drink the discharge of your blood As far as the mountains, And the ravines will be full of you.
- NLT I will drench the earth with your gushing blood all the way to the mountains, filling the ravines to the brim.
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Quick answer
The land will be drenched with Egypt's blood, filling even the watercourses. Where the Nile once gave life, judgment now floods the ground with death.
Overview
In a stark reversal of Egypt's life-giving waters, God says the land will be soaked with the blood of the slain. The pollution Pharaoh caused (verse 2) is answered by a far greater outpouring in judgment. The image underscores the magnitude of the coming defeat and the seriousness of God's verdict against arrogant nations.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 34:3Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
- Isa 34:7And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
- Rev 14:20And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
- Exod 7:17Thus 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.
- Rev 16:6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
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