Exodus 11:6

Exodus 11:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
• New International Version (NIV)There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as was not like it before, nor shall be like it again.

Context of Exodus 11:6

4So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: About midnight I will go throughout Egypt, 5and every firstborn male in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the servant girl who is at the grindstones, as well as every firstborn of the livestock. Then there will be a great cry of anguish through all the land of Egypt such as never was before or ever will be again. 7But against all the Israelites, whether people or animals, not even a dog will snarl, so that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. 8All these officials of yours will come down to me and bow before me, saying: Get out, you and all the people who follow you. After that, I will get out.” And he went out from Pharaoh’s presence fiercely angry.

Exodus 11:6 word by word

וְהָֽיְתָ֛ה צְעָקָ֥ה גְדֹלָ֖ה בְּכָל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר כָּמֹ֙הוּ֙ לֹ֣א נִהְיָ֔תָה וְכָמֹ֖הוּ לֹ֥א תֹסִֽף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And there shall beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• cryצְעָקָהtsa‛ăqâh · cryH6818
• throughout all the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• such as there was noneלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• shall be like it any moreיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254

Cross-references for Exodus 11:6

• Exodus 3:7Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors. I know about their sufferings,
• Exodus 12:30During the night Pharaoh got up, he along with all his officials and all the Egyptians, and there was a loud wailing throughout Egypt because there wasn’t a house without someone dead.
• Proverbs 21:13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered.
• Isaiah 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out, and they tremble.
• Jeremiah 31:15This is what the Lord says: A voice was heard in Ramah, a lament with bitter weeping — Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children because they are no more.
• Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and plead for help, he blocks out my prayer.
• Amos 5:17There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass among you. The Lord has spoken.
• Zephaniah 1:10On that day — this is the Lord’s declaration — there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate, a wailing from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
• Luke 13:28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown out.
• Revelation 6:16And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,
• Revelation 18:18as they watched the smoke from her burning and kept crying out, “Who was like the great city?”

Commentaries on Exodus 11:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6There shall be a great cry - Of the dying and for the dead. See more on this subject, Exodus 12:30; (note).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-10Verses 4-10 The death of all the first-born in Egypt at once: this plague had been the first threatened, but is last executed. See how slow God is to wrath. The plague is foretold, the time is fixed; all their first-born should sleep the sleep of death, not silently, but so as to rouse the families at midnight. The prince was not too high to be reached by it, nor the slaves at the mill too low to be noticed. While angels slew the Egyptians, not so much as…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-9The final plague was the death of the firstborn sons. The Egyptians worshiped life. They gave so much attention to preparations for life after death because they wanted to ensure that it would be at least as good as their lives in Egypt. Death itself is in God’s hand. There is no underworld god who can ultimately defeat the God of life. Both life and death belong to the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. shall be a great cry throughout all the land--In the case of a death, people in the East set up loud wailings, and imagination may conceive what "a great cry" would be raised when death would invade every family in the kingdom.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 11:6

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In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Cry
• Die
• Firstborn
• Divorce in the Old Testament
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus
• Magic; Magician

Commentaries on Exodus 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings