Exodus 9:31
And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
In Context
30But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye are not yet afraid before the Lord God.
32But the wheat and the millet were not smitten; for they are late-ripening.
Cross References
Ruth 2:23So she kept close company with the maidens of Bo'az in gleaning until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
Habakkuk 3:17For the fig-tree doth not bud, and no fruit is on the vines; the productiveness of the olive deceiveth, and the fields yield no food; from the fold the flocks are cut off, and there are no herds in the stalls.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:23-35
22 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since… Read the whole commentary →