Exodus 11:6

6 There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again.

Exodus 11:6 in Other Translations

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.

ESV

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

NLT

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

MSG

6 Widespread wailing will erupt all over the country, lament such as has never been and never will be again.

CSB

6 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.

Exodus 11:6 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 11:6

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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 11:6 In-Context

4 So Moses said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt.

5 Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well.

6 There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again.

7 But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

8 All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.” Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.

Cross References 1

1. Exodus 12:30; Proverbs 21:13; Amos 5:17