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

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Parallel Verses

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

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The flax and the barley were destroyed 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.

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

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

Darby Bible Translation
And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

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

Cross References

Exodus 9:32
But the wheat and the rye were not smitten: for they were not grown up.

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 to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelled with her mother in law.

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

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

9:22-35 Woful havoc this hail made: it killed both men and cattle; the corn above ground was destroyed, and that only preserved which as yet was not come up. The land of Goshen was preserved. God causes rain or hail on one city and not on another, either in mercy or in judgment. Pharaoh humbled himself to Moses. No man could have spoken better: he owns himself wrong; he owns that the Lord is righteous; and God must be justified when he speaks, though he speaks in thunder and lightning. Yet his heart was hardened all this while. Moses pleads with God: though he had reason to think Pharaoh would repent of his repentance, and he told him so, yet he promises to be his friend. Moses went out of the city, notwithstanding the hail and lightning which kept Pharaoh and his servants within doors. Peace with God makes men thunder-proof. Pharaoh was frightened by the tremendous judgment; but when that was over, his fair promises were forgotten. Those that are not bettered by judgments and mercies, commonly become worse.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

31, 32. the flax and the barley was smitten, &c.—The peculiarities that are mentioned in these cereal products arise from the climate and physical constitution of Egypt. In that country flax and barley are almost ripe when wheat and rye (spelt) are green. And hence the flax must have been "bolled"—that is, risen in stalk or podded in February, thus fixing the particular month when the event took place. Barley ripens about a month earlier than wheat. Flax and barley are generally ripe in March, wheat and rye (properly, spelt) in April.