Exodus 9:31
Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was maturing in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 you and your servants, I know that you do not yet really honor Yahweh God.”
32But the wheat and the spelt were not harmed because they were later crops.
Cross References
Ruth 2:23So she stayed close to Boaz's female workers in order to glean to the end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. She lived with her mother-in-law.
Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud 2 and there is no produce from the vines; 2 and though the produce of the olive tree disappoints 2 and the fields yield no food; 2 and though the flock is cut off from the fold 2 and there are no cattle in the stalls, this is what I will do. 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 →