Exodus 9:31 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 9:31

(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The flax and the barley was smitten - The word פשתה pishtah, flax, Mr. Parkhurst thinks, is derived from the root פשט pashat, to strip, because the substance which we term flax is properly the bark or rind of the vegetable, pilled or stripped off the stalks. From time immemorial Egypt was celebrated for the production and manufacture of flax: hence the linen and fine linen of Egypt, so often spoken of in ancient authors.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

In this plague the hot thunderbolts, as well as the hail, are said to destroy their flocks, Ps. lxxviii. Perhaps David alludes to this when, describing God's glorious appearances for the discomfiture of his enemies, he speaks of the hailstones and coals of fire he threw among them, Ps. xviii. And there is a plan reference to it on the pouring out of the seventh vial, Rev. xvi.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

In that country flax and barley are almost ripe when wheat and rye (spelt) are green. And hence the flax must have been "bolled"--that is, risen in stalk or podded in February, thus fixing the particular month when the event took place.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֥ה	ve.ha.pish.Tah	and the flax	H6594 →
וְהַשְּׂעֹרָ֖ה	ve.ha.se.'o.Rah	and the barley	H8184 →
נֻכָּ֑תָה	nu.Ka.tah	it was struck	H5221 →
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
הַשְּׂעֹרָה֙	ha.se.'o.Rah	the barley	H8184 →
אָבִ֔יב	'a.Viv	[was] young barley ear[s]	H24 →
וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֖ה	ve.ha.pish.Tah	and the flax	H6594 →
גִּבְעֹֽל׃	giv.'Ol	[was] bud	H1392 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H24ʾaviv[was] young barley ear[s]8×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Habakkuk 3:17
Though 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…
leads to
- Joel 1:16–18
  Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?
- Jeremiah 5:17
  They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword…
- Amos 4:6–10
  “I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 28:15–18
  If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
- Deuteronomy 28:30–41
  You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not…
Through
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.
leads to
- Haggai 2:17
  I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 28:22
  The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.
- Joel 1:4
  What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.

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06About Exodus

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Commentary

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