Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe and the flax was budding,

New American Standard Bible

(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

King James Version

And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

International Standard Version

(Now the flax and the barley were ruined because the barley was in ear and the flax was in bud.

A Conservative Version

And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

American Standard Version

And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

Amplified

(Now the flax and the barley were battered and ruined [by the hail], because the barley was in the ear (ripe, but soft) and the flax was in bud,

Bible in Basic English

And the flax and the barley were damaged, for the barley was almost ready to be cut and the flax was in flower.

Darby Translation

And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

Julia Smith Translation

And the flax and the barley were struck: for the barley was ripe, and the flax high.

King James 2000

And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bud.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the flax and the barley were struck, because the barley [was in the] ear and the flax [was in] bud.

Modern King James verseion

And the flax and the barley were stricken, for the barley was in the head, and the flax was in bud.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was shot up and the flax was bolled:

NET Bible

(Now the flax and the barley were struck by the hail, for the barley had ripened and the flax was in bud.

New Heart English Bible

The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

The Emphasized Bible

Now, the flax and the barley, were smitten, - for the barley, was in the ear, and, the flax, was in flower;

Webster

And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

World English Bible

The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the flax and the barley have been smitten, for the barley is budding, and the flax forming flowers,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the flax
פּשׁתּה 
Pishtah 
Usage: 4

and the barley
שׂעור שׂער שׂעורה שׂערה 
S@`orah 
Usage: 34

נכה 
Nakah 
Usage: 501

for the barley
שׂעור שׂער שׂעורה שׂערה 
S@`orah 
Usage: 34

was in the ear
H24
אביב 
'abiyb 
Abib, in the ear, green ears of corn
Usage: 8

and the flax
פּשׁתּה 
Pishtah 
Usage: 4

Context Readings

Plague Seven: Hail

30 But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear Yahweh our God.” 31 The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe and the flax was budding, 32 but the wheat and the spelt were not destroyed since they are later crops.


Cross References

Ruth 1:22

So Naomi came back from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Ruth 2:23

Ruth stayed close to Boaz’s female servants and gathered grain until the barley and the wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Amos 4:9

I struck you with blight and mildew;
the locust devoured
your many gardens and vineyards,
your fig trees and olive trees,
yet you did not return to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Habakkuk 3:17

Though the fig tree does not bud
and there is no fruit on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,

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