Psalm 78:43-45

⁴³ the day he displayed his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the region of Zoan. ⁴⁴ He turned their river into blood; they could not drink from their streams. ⁴⁵ He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.

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Other Translations of Psalm 78:43-45

King James Version

⁴³ How he had wrought wrought: Heb. set his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: ⁴⁴ And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. ⁴⁵ He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

English Standard Version

⁴³ when he performed his signs in Egypt and his marvels in the fields of Zoan. ⁴⁴ He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams. ⁴⁵ He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them.

The Message

⁴³ When he did miracles in Egypt, wonders on the plain of Zoan. ⁴⁴ He turned the River and its streams to blood - not a drop of water fit to drink. ⁴⁵ He sent flies, which ate them alive, and frogs, which bedeviled them.

New King James Version

⁴³ When He worked His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan; ⁴⁴ Turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, that they could not drink. ⁴⁵ He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them.

New Living Translation

⁴³ They did not remember his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders on the plain of Zoan. ⁴⁴ For he turned their rivers into blood, so no one could drink from the streams. ⁴⁵ He sent vast swarms of flies to consume them and hordes of frogs to ruin them.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 78:43-45

Commentary on Psalm 78:40-55.

(Read Psalm 78:40-55.)

Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be discouraged from repentance. The Holy One of Israel will do what is most for his own glory, and what is most for their good. Their forgetting former favours, led them to limit God for the future. God made his own people to go forth like sheep; and guided them in the wilderness, as a shepherd his flock, with all care and tenderness. Thus the true Joshua, even Jesus, brings his church out of the wilderness; but no earthly Canaan, no worldly advantages, should make us forget that the church is in the wilderness while in this world, and that there remaineth a far more glorious rest for the people of God.