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


In Context

14 She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before one could discern another. For he said, |Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.|

15 He said, |Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it.| She held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her; and he went into the city.

16 When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, |How did it go, my daughter?| She told her all that the man had done to her.

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

18 Then she said, |Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has 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 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.