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

4Moses said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘About midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt, 5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the millstones; all the firstborn of the cattle as well. Moreover, there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again. 7But against any of the sons of Israel a dog will not even bark, whether against man or beast, that you may understand how the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’ 8All these your servants will come down to me and bow themselves before me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who follow you,’ and after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

Exodus 11:6 word by word

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

• a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• cryצְעָקָהtsa‛ăqâh · cryH6818
• in allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• suchאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• suchכְּמוֹkemô kâmô · likeH3644
• as there has not beenהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• as shall neverלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• be againיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254

Cross-references for Exodus 11:6

• Exodus 3:7The Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.
• Exodus 12:30Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead.
• Proverbs 21:13He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself and not be answered.
• Isaiah 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out, Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz; Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; His soul trembles within him.
• Jeremiah 31:15Thus says the Lord, “A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.”
• Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer.
• Amos 5:17And in all the vineyards there is wailing, Because I will pass through the midst of you,” says the Lord.
• Zephaniah 1:10On that day,” declares the Lord, “There will be the sound of a cry from the Fish Gate, A wail from the Second Quarter, And a loud crash from the hills.
• Luke 13:28In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out.
• Revelation 6:16and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;
• Revelation 18:18and were crying out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What city is 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

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