Exodus 9:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

And the Lord did this the next day: all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ יְהוָ֜ה אֶת־הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת וַיָּ֕מָת כֹּ֖ל מִקְנֵ֣ה מִצְרָ֑יִם וּמִמִּקְנֵ֥ה בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹא־מֵ֥ת אֶחָֽד

Transliteration

And wayyaʿaś YHWH ʾet-the haddābār hazzeh mimmāḥŏrāt and wayyāmāt all miqnēh Miṣrāyim, and from mimmiqnēh bənê-Yiśrāʾēl not mēt ʾeḥād

Grammar Details

• *wayyaʿaś*: waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, Qal form - and he did/made
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *haddābār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the thing/word
• *hazzeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
• *mimmāḥŏrāt*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - from the next day
• *wayyāmāt*: waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, Qal form - and died
• *miqnēh*: noun, masculine singular construct - livestock of
• *Miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *mimmiqnēh*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from the livestock of
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *mēt*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular, Qal form - died
• *ʾeḥād*: number, cardinal - one

Word Meanings

• *wayyaʿaś*: did/performed/executed
• *mimmāḥŏrāt*: from the next day/the following day
• *wayyāmāt*: died/perished
• *mēt*: died/perished

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the LORD did that thing the next day, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel not one died.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the Lorde dyd the thinge on the morow, and all the catell of Egipte dyed: but of the catell of the childern of Israel dyed not one.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the LORDE dyd the same on the morow. And there dyed of all maner of catell of the Egipcians: but of ye catell of ye childre of Israel there dyed not one.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So the Lord did this thing on the morow, and all the cattel of Egypt dyed: but of the cattell of the children of Israel dyed not one.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the Lorde dyd that thyng on the morowe, and all the cattell of Egypt dyed: but of the cattell of the children of Israel, dyed not one.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the cattle of Egypt died, but of the cattle of the children of Israel, not one died.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh 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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And the LORD did this on the next day; all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but of the Israelites’ livestock not one died.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 78:48 : 48 He gave over their cattle to the hail and their livestock to lightning.
• Ps 78:50 : 50 He prepared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
• Exod 9:25 : 25 Throughout Egypt hail struck everything in the fields—both people and animals; it beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree.
• Exod 9:19-20 : 19 Give an order now to bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the hail will fall on every person and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die. 20 Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside.