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The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn

Exodus 12:30

In 11 translations

BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
LSV
And Pharaoh rises by night, he and all his servants, and all the Egyptians, and there is a great cry in Egypt, for there is not a house where there is not [one] dead,
YLT
And Pharaoh riseth by night, he and all his servants, and all the Egyptians, and there is a great cry in Egypt, for there is not a house where there is not [one] dead,
DBY
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his bondmen, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house in which there was not one dead.
DRC
And Pharao arose in the night, and all his servants, and all Egypt: for there was not a house wherein there lay not one dead.
GNV
And Pharaoh rose vp in the night, he, and all his seruants and all the Egyptians: and there was a great crye in Egypt: for there was no house where there was not one dead.
JPS
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.
LXXE
And Pharao rose up by night, and his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in all the land of Egypt, for there was not a house in which there was not one dead.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֨קָם פַּרְעֹ֜ה לַ֗יְלָה ה֤וּא וְכָל־עֲבָדָיו֙ וְכָל־מִצְרַ֔יִם וַתְּהִ֛י צְעָקָ֥ה גְדֹלָ֖ה בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם כִּֽי־אֵ֣ין בַּ֔יִת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵֽין־שָׁ֖ם מֵֽת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀναστὰς Φαραὼ νυκτὸς, καὶ οἱ θεράποντες αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, καὶ ἔγενήθη κραυγὴ μεγάλη ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ· οὐ γὰρ ἦν οἰκία, ἐν ᾗ οὐκ ἦν ἐν αὐτῇ τεθνηκώς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 11:6Then 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.
  • Amos 5:17There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.
  • James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
  • Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
  • Matthew 25:6At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

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