Exodus 9:31
And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was advanced, and the flax was seeding.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 have not yet feared the Lord.
32But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were late.
Cross References
Ruth 2:23And Ruth joined herself to the damsels of Boaz to glean until they had finished the barley harvest and the wheat harvest.
Habakkuk 3:17For though the fig tree shall bear no fruit, 1 And there shall be no produce on the vines; 1 The labor of the olive shall fail, 1 And the fields shall produce no food: 1 The sheep have failed from the pasture, 1 And there are no oxen at the cribs; 1
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 →