Exodus 7:24 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

Here is the first of the ten plagues, the turning of the water into blood, which was, 1. A dreadful plague, and very grievous. The very sight of such vast rolling streams of blood, pure blood no doubt, florid and high-colored, could not but strike a horror upon people: much more afflictive were the consequences of it. Nothing more common than water: so wisely has Providence ordered it, and so kindly, that that which is so needful and serviceable to the comfort of human life should be cheap,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:24

And all the Egyptians digged round about the river ,.... On each side of it, in order to get clear water; and Aben Ezra thinks the Hebrews also, who were affected with this, and the two following plagues, the frogs and lice: but it is much more reasonable to conclude that they were free from them all. This they did for water to drink : for there was none in the river, streams, ponds and pools, or in vessels, in which they used to reserve it, and therefore could come at none but by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The Nile turned into blood. The first of the series of plagues which fell on Egypt was of a truly terrific character. At the stretching out of the red of Aaron, the broad, swift-flowing current of. the rising Nile suddenly assumed the hue and qualities of blood. The stroke fell also on the reservoirs, canals, and ponds. Whatever connection may be traced between this plague and natural phenomena (see Hengstenberg) it is plain that it stood on an entirely different footing from changes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The first plague: the water turned to blood. I. THE PLACE WHERE MOSES WAS TO MEET PHARAOH . Moses was not always to be put to it to find his entrance into the palace. God can arrange things so that Pharaoh shall come to meet him. The instructions given to Moses at once call to our minds how Pharaoh's daughter, eighty years before, had come down to the river to find and protect a helpless babe, and how that same babe—having passed through many chequered years, and many... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The water turned into blood. I. THE PUNISHMENT . There were two elements in it. 1. The deprivation: water, one of the most essential of all God's gifts, was suddenly made useless. 2 . The horror. Had all the water of Egypt suddenly disappeared, the punishment had been infinitely less. Instead of water, there was blood and corruption. 3 . It was a judgment on Egypt's idolatry. The things we set in God's stead will be made an abomination and a horror to us. 4 . It was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:24

All the Egyptians digged . Not the Hebrews. The water stored in the houses of the Hebrews in reservoirs, cisterns, and the like, was (it would seem) not vitiated; and this would suffice for the consumption of seven days. Water to drink . Blood would not become water by percolation through earth, as Canon Cook appears to think; but there might have been sufficient water in the ground before the plague began, to fill the wells dug, for seven days. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:24

God allows men to seek and obtain alleviations of his judgments. We are not intended to sit down under the judgments of God, and fold our hands, and do nothing. Whether it be war, or pestilence, or famine, or any other Heaven-sent calamity that comes upon us for our sins and those of our nation, we must beware of sinking into apathy under the infliction, and allowing it simply to run its course. God does not desire that we should show our submission in this way. He gives us thought, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:24-25

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 7:24

Exodus 7:24. The Egyptians digged round about the river for water Josephus says, they lost their labour, and found only blood there: but if they found water, or water less bloody, it is not material to us, as it does not lessen Moses’s miracle, it not being within the compass of his commission to prevent their getting water by digging. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

Nine plagues (7:14-10:29)The timing, intensity and extent of these plagues show clearly that they were sent by God. It also seems fairly clear that God used the physical characteristics of the Nile valley to produce them.When the first plague struck, it polluted all the water in the Nile and in the irrigation canals and reservoirs connected with it, resulting in all the fish dying. As the dead fish floated to the banks they would force the frogs out of the water, thereby producing the second... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:24-25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 7:24

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

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