Exodus 11:6
New International Version
There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again.

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

English Standard Version
There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again.

Berean Standard Bible
Then 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.

King James Bible
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 King James Version
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 American Standard Bible
So 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.

NASB 1995
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.

NASB 1977
‘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.

Legacy Standard Bible
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.

Amplified Bible
There shall be a great cry [of heartache and sorrow] throughout the land of Egypt, such as has never been before and such as shall never be again.

Christian Standard Bible
Then there will be a great cry of anguish through all the land of Egypt such as never was before or ever will be again.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then there will be a great cry of anguish through all the land of Egypt such as never was before, or ever will be again.

American Standard Version
And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath not been, nor shall be any more.

Contemporary English Version
Everywhere in Egypt there will be loud crying. Nothing like this has ever happened before or will ever happen again.

English Revised Version
And 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There will be loud crying throughout Egypt, such as there has never been or ever will be again.

Good News Translation
There will be loud crying all over Egypt, such as there has never been before or ever will be again.

International Standard Version
There will be a great cry throughout the land of Egypt, like there has never been and never will be again.

Majority Standard Bible
Then 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.

NET Bible
There will be a great cry throughout the whole land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again.

New Heart English Bible
There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor shall be any more.

Webster's Bible Translation
And 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.

World English Bible
There will be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor will be any more.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and there has been a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, and such as there is not again;

Young's Literal Translation
and 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.

Smith's Literal Translation
And a great cry was in all the land of Egypt, such as was not, and such shall not be added.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as neither hath been before, nor shall be hereafter.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And there will be a great outcry throughout the entire land of Egypt, such as has not been before, nor ever will be afterward.

New American Bible
Then there will be loud wailing throughout the land of Egypt, such as has never been, nor will ever be again.

New Revised Standard Version
Then there will be a loud cry throughout the whole land of Egypt, such as has never been or will ever be again.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And there shall be a great wailing throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall there be any like it any more.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And there shall be great wailing in the land of Egypt, the likes of which there has not been and there will not be.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And 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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And there shall be a great cry through all the land of Egypt, such as has not been, and such shall not be repeated any more.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Plague on the Firstborn Foretold
5and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle. 6Then 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. 7But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.…

Cross References
Exodus 12:30
During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.

Amos 5:16-17
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail. / There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.

Jeremiah 25:34
Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.

Isaiah 15:2-3
Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. / In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.

Jeremiah 9:10
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.

Zephaniah 1:10
On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.

Matthew 24:30
At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Revelation 18:18-19
and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim. / Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”

Joel 1:5-13
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth. / For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness. / It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white. ...

Jeremiah 48:33-34
Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy. / There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.

Luke 13:28
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.

Revelation 6:15-17
Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

Isaiah 24:11
In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.

Jeremiah 4:8
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

Ezekiel 7:16-18
The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity. / Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water. / They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.


Treasury of Scripture

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 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;

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.

Proverbs 21:13
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

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Then a great cry
The phrase "a great cry" in Hebrew is "צְעָקָה גְּדוֹלָה" (tzeakah gedolah). This expression conveys an intense outpouring of grief and despair. Historically, cries of lamentation were common in ancient Near Eastern cultures during times of profound loss or disaster. The "great cry" here signifies the magnitude of the impending judgment on Egypt, highlighting the severity of the final plague. It is a cry that echoes the earlier cries of the Israelites under oppression, now mirrored in the anguish of their oppressors.

will go out
The Hebrew verb "יֵצֵא" (yetze) means "to go out" or "to come forth." This suggests that the cry will not be contained but will spread throughout the land, affecting every household. The use of this verb emphasizes the pervasive nature of the judgment and the inescapable reality of God's power and justice being manifested across Egypt.

over all the land of Egypt
The phrase "over all the land of Egypt" underscores the comprehensive scope of the plague's impact. Egypt, a powerful and vast empire, is depicted as being entirely under the influence of this divine act. This serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty over nations and His ability to execute His will across the entire earth, regardless of human power or resistance.

such as never has been
This phrase indicates the unprecedented nature of the event. The Hebrew "אֲשֶׁר לֹא נִהְיָה כָּמֹהוּ" (asher lo nihyah kamohu) suggests a unique occurrence in history. It highlights the extraordinary nature of God's intervention, setting this event apart from any other calamity or judgment that had previously befallen Egypt. This serves to magnify the seriousness of the situation and the divine authority behind it.

nor ever will be again
The concluding phrase "nor ever will be again" in Hebrew "וְכָמֹהוּ לֹא תֹסִף" (vekamoho lo tosif) emphasizes the singularity and finality of this judgment. It assures that this event is a one-time divine act of retribution that will not be repeated. This serves as a powerful testament to the ultimate justice of God, who acts decisively in history to fulfill His purposes and deliver His people.

(6) There shall be a great cry.--The shrill cries uttered by mourners in the East are well known to travellers. Mr. Stuart Poole heard those of the Egyptian women at Cairo, in the great cholera of 1848, at a distance of two miles (Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, vol. ii., p. 888). Herodotus, describing the lamentations of the Persian soldiers at the funeral of Masistius, says that "all B?otia resounded with their clamour" (Exodus 9:24). The Egyptian monuments represent mourners as tearing their hair, putting dust upon their heads, and beating their breasts (Wilkinson, in Rawlinson's Herodotus, vol. ii., p. 138).

Verse 6. - There shall be a great cry. The violence of Oriental emotions, and the freedom with which they are vented are well known. Herodotus relates that the Egyptians stript themselves and beat their breasts at funerals (2:85) No doubt they also uttered shrill lamentations, as did the Greeks (Lucian, De Luetu, § 12) and the Persians (Herod. 9:24). With bitter mourning in every house, the "cry" might well be one, such as there had been none like before, neither would there be any like again.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then a great
גְדֹלָ֖ה (ḡə·ḏō·lāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

cry
צְעָקָ֥ה (ṣə·‘ā·qāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6818: A cry, outcry

will go out
וְהָֽיְתָ֛ה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

over all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the land
אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Egypt,
מִצְרָ֑יִם (miṣ·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

such as
כָּמֹ֙הוּ֙ (kā·mō·hū)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3644: Like, as, when

never
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

has been heard before,
נִהְיָ֔תָה (nih·yā·ṯāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

[and never]
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

will be [heard] again.
תֹסִֽף׃ (ṯō·sip̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3254: To add, augment


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