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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then a loud wail will rise throughout the land of Egypt, a wail like no one has heard before or will ever hear again.

Context of Exodus 11:6

4So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. 5Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again. 7But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. 8All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.” Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.

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 3:7The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.
• Exodus 12:30Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.
• Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
• Isaiah 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint.
• Jeremiah 31:15This is what the Lord says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
• Lamentations 3:8Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.
• Amos 5:17There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the Lord.
• Zephaniah 1:10“On that day,” declares the Lord, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, wailing from the New Quarter, and a loud crash from the hills.
• Luke 13:28“There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.
• Revelation 6:16They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
• Revelation 18:18When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, ‘Was there ever a city like this 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