Exodus 11:4

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

Exodus 11:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
ESV
4 So Moses said, "Thus says the LORD: About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt,
NLT
4 Moses had announced to Pharaoh, “This is what the LORD says: At midnight tonight I will pass through the heart of Egypt.
MSG
4 Then Moses confronted Pharaoh: "God's Message: 'At midnight I will go through Egypt
CSB
4 So Moses said, "This is what the Lord says: 'About midnight I will go throughout Egypt

Exodus 11:4 In-Context

2 Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
3 (The LORD made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.)
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.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Exodus 12:29; Job 34:20
  • 2. Exodus 12:23; Psalms 81:5
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