Exodus - 11:6



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

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 11:6.

Differing Translations

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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.
And there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as neither hath been before, nor shall be hereafter.
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.
And there will be a great cry through all the land of Egypt, such as never has been or will be again.
And there will be a great outcry throughout the entire land of Egypt, such as has not been before, nor ever will be afterward.
Et erit clamor magnus in tota terra AEgypti, qualis nunquam fuit, nec futurus est.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

There shall be a great cry - Of the dying and for the dead. See more on this subject, Exodus 12:30 (note).

And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt,.... Of parents for the loss of their firstborn sons, their heirs, the support and glory of their families; children for the loss of their elder brethren; and servants for the loss of the prime and principal in their masters' houses; and all in a dreadful fright, expecting instantly death themselves:
such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more; for though the later destruction of Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea might be a greater loss, yet not occasion greater mourning; since that was only a loss of military persons, and did not affect at least so many families as this; and though their king was lost also, it might not give them so much concern, since through his ill conduct, his hardness and obstinacy, he had been the means of so many plagues inflicted on them.

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.

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