Parallel Verses
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,
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.
A Conservative Version
And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
American Standard Version
And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
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 you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God.” 31 (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, 32 but the wheat and spelt (coarse wheat) were not battered and ruined, because they ripen late in the season.)
Cross References
Ruth 1:22
So Naomi returned from the country of Moab, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Ruth 2:23
So she stayed close to the maids of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Amos 4:9
“I wounded you with blight [from the hot, blasting east wind] and with mildew;
And the caterpillar devoured
Your many gardens and vineyards, your fig trees and your olive trees;
Yet you have not returned to Me [in repentance],” says the Lord.
Habakkuk 3:17
Though the fig tree does not blossom
And there is no fruit on the vines,
Though the yield of the olive fails
And the fields produce no food,
Though the flock is cut off from the fold
And there are no cattle in the stalls,