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 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

4Then Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt; 5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the animals. 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. 7But against none of the children of Israel shall a dog move its tongue, against man or beast, that you may know that the Lord does make a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.’ 8And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get out, and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will go out.” Then he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.

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 3:7And the Lord said: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
• Exodus 12:30So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
• Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself and not be heard.
• Isaiah 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice shall be heard as far as Jahaz; Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab will cry out; His life will be burdensome to him.
• Jeremiah 31:15Thus says the Lord: “A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation and 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 and shout, He shuts out my prayer.
• Amos 5:17In all vineyards there shall be wailing, For I will pass through you,” Says the Lord.
• Zephaniah 1:10“And there shall be on that day,” says the Lord, “The sound of a mournful cry from the Fish Gate, A wailing from the Second Quarter, And a loud crashing from the hills.
• Luke 13:28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.
• Revelation 6:16and said to the mountains and 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 18:18and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is 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

• Plague

In the dictionaries

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

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