KJV King James Version
And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley [was] in the ear, and the flax [was] bolled.
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Exodus 9:31
And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley [was] in the ear, and the flax [was] bolled.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;
WEB World English Bible
The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
ASV American Standard Version
And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the flax and the barley have been smitten, for the barley is budding, and the flax forming flowers,
Surrounding context — Exodus 9
28 Intreat the LORD (for [it is] enough) that there be no [more] mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; [and] the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth [is] the LORD’S.
30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.
31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley [was] in the ear, and the flax [was] bolled.
32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they [were] not grown up.
33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
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Ruth 2:23So 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.Ruth 1:22So 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.Habakkuk 3:17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither [shall] fruit [be] in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and [there shall be] no herd in the stalls:Amos 4:9I 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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