Exodus 9:31
New International Version
(The flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley had headed and the flax was in bloom.

New Living Translation
(All the flax and barley were ruined by the hail, because the barley had formed heads and the flax was budding.

English Standard Version
(The flax and the barley were struck down, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

Berean Standard Bible
(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;

King James Bible
And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

New King James Version
Now the flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the head and the flax was in bud.

New American Standard Bible
(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

NASB 1995
(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

NASB 1977
(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

Legacy Standard Bible
(Now the flax and the barley were struck down, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

Amplified Bible
(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,

Christian Standard Bible
The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe and the flax was budding,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe and the flax was budding,

American Standard Version
And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the flax and barley were destroyed because the barley root was struck and the flax was bent.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was advanced, and the flax was seeding.

Contemporary English Version
Meanwhile, the flax and barley crops had been destroyed by the storm because they were ready to ripen.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The flax therefore and the barley were hurt, because the barley was green, and the flax was now boiled:

English Revised Version
And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
(The flax and the barley were ruined, because the barley had formed heads and the flax was in bloom.

Good News Translation
The flax and the barley were ruined, because the barley was ripe, and the flax was budding.

International Standard Version
(Now the flax and the barley were ruined because the barley was in ear and the flax was in bud.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

Literal Standard Version
And the flax and the barley have been struck, for the barley [is] budding, and the flax forming flowers,

Majority Standard Bible
(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;

New American Bible
Now the flax and the barley were ruined, because the barley was in ear and the flax in bud.

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 Revised Standard Version
(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 had ripened and the flax was blooming.

Young's Literal Translation
And the flax and the barley have been smitten, for the barley is budding, and the flax forming flowers,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Seventh Plague: Hail
30But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.” 31(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom; 32but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.)…

Cross References
Exodus 9:32
but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.)

Ruth 1:22
So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Ruth 2:23
So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

2 Samuel 21:9
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.


Treasury of Scripture

And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

flax.

Ruth 1:22
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

Ruth 2:23
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

Amos 4:9
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

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Exodus 9
1. The plague on livestock
8. The plague of boils
13. The message of Moses about the hail,
22. The plague of hail
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(31) The flax and the barley was smitten.--Flax was grown largely in Egypt, since linen garments were very generally worn by the people, and were the necessary attire of the priests (Herod. ii. 37). Mummies also were swathed in linen bandages (Herod. ii. 86); and soldiers wore linen corselets (Herod. ii. 182, 3:47). Barley was grown as food for horses, as an element in the manufacture of beer, and as a material for an inferior kind of bread. The flax is "bolled"--i.e., forms its seed-vessel--towards the end of January or beginning of February, and the barley comes into ear about the same time. These facts fix the date of this plague, and help to fix the dates both of the earlier and the later ones.

Verse 31. - The flax and the barley was smitten. Flax was largely cultivated by the Egyptians, who preferred linen garments to any other (Herod. 2:37), and allowed the priests to wear nothing but linen. Several kinds of flax are mentioned as grown in Egypt (Plin. H. N. 19:1); and the neighbourhood of Tanis is expressly said to have been one of the places where the flax was produced. The flax is boiled, i.e. blossoms towards the end of January or beginning of February, and the barley comes into ear about the same time, being commonly cut in March. Barley was employed largely as the food of horses, and was used also for the manufacture of beer, which was a common Egyptian beverage. A certain quantity was made by the poorer classes into bread.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
(Now the flax
וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֥ה (wə·hap·piš·tāh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6594: Flax, a wick

and barley
וְהַשְּׂעֹרָ֖ה (wə·haś·śə·‘ō·rāh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8184: Barley

were destroyed,
נֻכָּ֑תָה (nuk·kā·ṯāh)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

since
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the barley
הַשְּׂעֹרָה֙ (haś·śə·‘ō·rāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8184: Barley

was ripe and the flax
וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֖ה (wə·hap·piš·tāh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6594: Flax, a wick

[was] in bloom;
גִּבְעֹֽל׃ (giḇ·‘ōl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1392: The calyx of a, flower


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