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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Les poissons qui étaient dans le fleuve périrent, le fleuve se corrompit, les Egyptiens ne pouvaient plus boire l'eau du fleuve, et il y eut du sang dans tout le pays d'Egypte.
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
De Somniis (lib. i-ii)
νὸν καὶ τραχὺν ἦχον, ἄλγημα ἀκοῆς, ἀπηχοῦσι. λέγεται δέ, ὅτι καὶ οἱ ἐν αὐτῷ πάντες ἰχθύες ἐφθάρησαν (Exod. 7, 21), οἳ συμβολικῶς εἰσι τὰ νοήματα· ταῦτα γὰρ ἐννήχεται καὶ ἐγγίνεται ὡς ἐν ποταμῷ τῷ λόγῳ, ζῴοις ἐοικότα καὶ ψυχοῦντα αὐτόν· ἐν δὲ ἀπαιδεύτῳ λόγῳ τέθνηκε τὰ ἐνθυμήματα·…
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