Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
New American Standard Bible
(Now the flax and the
King James Version
And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
Holman Bible
The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe
International Standard Version
(Now the flax and the barley were ruined because the barley was in ear and the flax was in bud.
American Standard Version
And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
Amplified
(Now the flax and the barley were battered and ruined [by the hail], because the barley was in the ear (ripe, but soft) and the flax was in bud,
Bible in Basic English
And the flax and the barley were damaged, for the barley was almost ready to be cut and the flax was in flower.
Darby Translation
And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
Julia Smith Translation
And the flax and the barley were struck: for the barley was ripe, and the flax high.
King James 2000
And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bud.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the flax and the barley were struck, because the barley [was in the] ear and the flax [was in] bud.
Modern King James verseion
And the flax and the barley were stricken, for the barley was in the head, and the flax was in bud.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was shot up and the flax was bolled:
NET Bible
(Now the flax and the barley were struck by the hail, for the barley had ripened and the flax was in bud.
New Heart English Bible
The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, the flax and the barley, were smitten, - for the barley, was in the ear, and, the flax, was in flower;
Webster
And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
World English Bible
The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the flax and the barley have been smitten, for the barley is budding, and the flax forming flowers,
Themes
Agriculture » Products of » Barley
Egypt » History of israel in » Egypt is plagued for pharaoh's obstinacy
Harvest » Of barley, before wheat
Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Barley
Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Flax
intercession » Answered » Instances of » of moses » For pharaoh » Plagues
Interlinear
Nakah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 9:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Plague Seven: Hail
30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear LORD God. 31 And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. 32 But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were not grown up.
Cross References
Ruth 1:22
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
Ruth 2:23
So she kept close by the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
Amos 4:9
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew. The multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees the palmer-worm has devoured. Yet ye have not returned to me, says LORD.
Habakkuk 3:17
For though the fig tree shall not flourish, nor shall fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food. The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.