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


In Context

14 So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, "Don't let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor."

15 He also said, "Bring me the shawl you are wearing and hold it out." When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley and put it on her. Then he went back to town.

16 When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, "How did it go, my daughter?" Then she told her everything Boaz had done for her

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

18 Then Naomi said, "Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today."

Ruth 3:17 in Other Translations

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.'

The American 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 to your mother in law.