Exodus 11 · Verse 6

Exodus 11:6

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.
Exodus 11:6, King James Version

Exodus 11:6 in other translations

BSBThen a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.
WEBThere will be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor will be any more.
ASVAnd there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath not been, nor shall be any more.
YLTand there hath been a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there hath not been, and such as there is not again.
DARBYAnd there shall be a great cry throughout the land of Egypt, such as there hath been none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
BBEAnd there will be a great cry through all the land of Egypt, such as never has been or will be again.
WebsterAnd there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath been none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

What does Exodus 11:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 There shall be a great cry - Of the dying and for the dead. See more on this subject, Exo 12:30 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 11:4-10

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…

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Exodus 11:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָֽיְתָ֛הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will beH1961
צְעָקָ֥הtze.'a.Kaha cryH6818
גְדֹלָ֖הge.do.LahgreatH1419
בְּכָל\־be.kholin allH3605
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH776
מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834
כָּמֹ֙הוּ֙ka.Mo.hulike itH3644
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
נִהְיָ֔תָהnih.Ya.tahit has occurredH1961
וְכָמֹ֖הוּve.kha.Mo.huand like itH3644
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תֹסִֽף\׃to.Sifit will repeatH3254

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 11:6

  • Exodus 12:30

    And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and 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.

  • Amos 5:17

    And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.

  • Revelation 6:16-17

    And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

  • Isaiah 15:4-5

    And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

  • Revelation 18:18-19

    And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

  • Jeremiah 31:15

    Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

  • Lamentations 3:8

    Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

  • Isaiah 15:8

    For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim.

  • Zephaniah 1:10

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.

  • Luke 13:28

    There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

  • Proverbs 21:13

    Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  • Exodus 3:7

    And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:7; 12:30; Pr 21:13; Isa 15:4,5,8; Jer 31:15; La 3:8; Am 5:17
Zep 1:10; Lu 13:28; Re 6:16,17; 18:18,19

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Context

  • Exodus 11:5

    And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

  • Exodus 11:6

    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.

  • Exodus 11:7

    But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

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Exodus 11:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y habrá gran clamor por toda la tierra de Egipto, cual nunca fué, ni jamás será.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il y aura un grand cri dans tout le pays d’Égypte, comme il n’y en a pas eu et il n’y en aura jamais de semblable.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es wird ein großes Geschrei sein im ganzen Lande Ägypten, desgleichen nie gewesen ist und desgleichen nicht mehr sein wird.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Eritque clamor magnus in universa terra Ægypti, qualis nec ante fuit, nec postea futurus est.