17And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to your mother in law.


In Context

14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

15 Also he said, Bring the veil that you have on you, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.

16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who are you, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to your mother in law.

18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

Ruth 3:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:17and added, "He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, 'Don't go back to your mother-in-law empty- handed.' "

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:17And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:17And she said: Behold he hath given me six measures of barley: for he said: I will not have thee return empty to thy mother in law.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:17And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:17And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17And she said, These six measures of barley he gave me; for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17She said, |He gave me these six [measures] of barley; for he said, 'Don't go empty to your mother-in-law.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17And she saith, 'These six measures of barley he hath given to me, for he said, Thou dost not go in empty unto thy mother-in-law.'