17So she gleaned in the field until evening; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.


In Context

14 At meal time Boaz said to her, |Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.| She sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left some of it.

15 When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, |Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don't reproach her.

16 Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don't rebuke her.|

17 So she gleaned in the field until evening; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

18 She took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had left after she was sufficed.

19 Her mother-in-law said to her, |Where have you gleaned today? Where have you worked? Blessed be he who noticed you.| She showed her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, |The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.|

Ruth 2:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:17So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:17She gleaned therefore in the field till evening: and beating out with a rod and threshing what she had gleaned, she found about the measure of an ephi of barley, that is, three bushels:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:17So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out what she had gleaned; and it was about an ephah of barley.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:17So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out that which she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And she gleaneth in the field till the evening, and beateth out that which she hath gleaned, and it is about an ephah of barley;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.