Exodus 9:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;”
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“(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the flax and the barley have been smitten, for the barley <FI>is<Fi> budding, and the flax forming flowers,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 9:31 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ruth 1:22So 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.
- Ruth 2:23So 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.
- 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.
- Habakkuk 3:17Though 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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