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Exodus 9:31

29 Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.

30 But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.”

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

32 but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.)

33 Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.

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BSB
(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;
KJV
And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
WEB
The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley had ripened and the flax was blooming.
ASV
And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
DARBY
And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
BLB
(And the flax and the barley were struck, for the barley [was] in ear, and the flax [was] in bud.
ÅB
Lin og bygg var slått ned; for bygget sto i aks og linet i knopp;
OTB
(Linet og bygget ble ødelagt, siden bygget var i aks og linet i blomst.
B1930
Lin og bygg var slått ned; for bygget stod i aks og linet i knopp;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Habakkuk 3:17

    Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

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  • Amos 4:9

    “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

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