Exodus 9:31
What does Exodus 9:31 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 9:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the flax and the barley were damaged, for the barley was almost ready to be cut and the flax was in flower.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the flax and the barley have been smitten, for the barley <FI>is<Fi> budding, and the flax forming flowers,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The flax therefore, and the barley were hurt, because the barley was green, and the flax was now bolled;
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Amos 4:9
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees hath the palmer-worm devoured: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
- Ruth 2:23
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
- Ruth 1:22
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
- Habakkuk 3:17
For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:
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