and handed them over to the Gibeonites. They hanged them on the hill in the presence of the Lord; the seven of them died together. They were executed in the first days of the harvest at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Exodus 9:31 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe and the flax was budding, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The flax and the barley were smitten and ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax in bloom. American Standard Version (1901) And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. Common English Bible Now the flax and the barley were destroyed, because the barley had ears of grain and the flax had buds. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, the flax and the barley were damaged, because the barley was growing, and the flax was already developing grains. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The flax therefore and the barley were hurt: because the barley was green, and the flax was now bolled. |
and handed them over to the Gibeonites. They hanged them on the hill in the presence of the Lord; the seven of them died together. They were executed in the first days of the harvest at the beginning of the barley harvest.
but the wheat and the spelt were not destroyed since they are later crops.
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.
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 the flocks disappear from the pen and there are no herds in the stalls,
So Naomi came back from the territory of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Ruth stayed close to Boaz’s female servants and gathered corn until the barley and the wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.