Exodus 9 · Verse 6

Exodus 9:6

And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

Exodus 9:6, King James Version

Exodus 9:6 in other translations

BSB	And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.
WEB	The LORD did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.
ASV	And Jehovah did that thing on the morrow; and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
YLT	And Jehovah doth this thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt die, and of the cattle of the sons of Israel not one hath died;
DARBY	And Jehovah did this thing on the following day, and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
BBE	And on the day after, the Lord did as he had said, causing the death of all the cattle of Egypt, but there was no loss of any of the cattle of Israel.
Webster	And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

What does Exodus 9:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. all the cattle of Egypt died--not absolutely every beast, for we find (Ex 9:19, 21) that there were still some left; but a great many died of each herd--the mortality was frequent and widespread. The adaptation of this judgment consisted in Egyptians venerating the more useful animals such as the ox, the cow, and the ram; in all parts of the country temples were reared and divine honors paid to these domesticated beasts, and thus while the pestilence caused a great loss in money, it also struck a heavy blow at their superstition.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 6 All the cattle of Egypt died - That is, All the cattle that did die belonged to the Egyptians, but not one died that belonged to the Israelites, Exo 9:4, Exo 9:6. That the whole stock of cattle belonging to the Egyptians did not die we have the fullest proof, because there were cattle both to be killed and saved alive in the ensuing plague, Exo 9:19-25. By this judgment the Egyptians must see the vanity of the whole of their national worship, when they found the animals which they not only held sacred but deified, slain without distinction among the common herd, by a pestilence sent from the hand of Jehovah. One might naturally suppose that after this the animal worship of the Egyptians could never more maintain its ground.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 9:1-7

God will have Israel released, Pharaoh opposes it, and the trial is, whose word shall stand. The hand of the Lord at once is upon the cattle, many of which, some of all kinds, die by a sort of murrain. This was greatly to the loss of the owners; they had made Israel poor, and now God would make them poor. The hand of God is to be seen, even in the sickness and death of cattle; for a sparrow falls not to the ground…

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Exodus 9:6 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.

וַיַּ֨עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he didH6213

יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

הַדָּבָ֤רha.da.Varthe thingH1697

הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔תmi.mo.cho.Ratfrom [the] next dayH4283

וַיָּ֕מָתvai.Ya.motand it diedH4191

כֹּ֖לkolallH3605

מִקְנֵ֣הmik.Neh[the] livestock ofH4735

מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4713

וּמִמִּקְנֵ֥הu.mi.mik.Nehand of [the] livestock ofH4735

בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808

מֵ֥תmetit diedH4191

אֶחָֽד\׃'e.ChadoneH259

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

Cross references for Exodus 9:6

Psalms 78:48
He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
Exodus 9:25
And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
Psalms 78:50
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Exodus 9:19-20
Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

19,25; Ps 78:48,50

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Exodus 9:5
And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.
Exodus 9:6
And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
Exodus 9:7
And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

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Exodus 9:6 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y el día siguiente Jehová hizo aquello, y murió todo el ganado de Egipto; mas del ganado de los hijos de Israel no murió uno.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et l’ Éternel fit cela le lendemain; et tous les troupeaux des Égyptiens moururent; mais des troupeaux des fils d’Israël, il n’en mourut pas une bête.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Jehova tat dieses am anderen Tage, und alles Vieh der Ägypter starb, aber von dem Vieh der Kinder Israel starb nicht eines.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Fecit ergo Dominus verbum hoc altera die: mortuaque sunt omnia animantia Ægyptiorum; de animalibus vero filiorum Israël, nihil omnino periit.