Ruth 2:17 Parallel Translations

So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. Then she separated the grain from its husks. She had about half a bushel of barley.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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.

YLT:

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

Ruth 2:17 Cross References

XREF:

Ruth 2:16 "Also you shall purposely pull out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her."

Ruth 2:18 She took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also took it out and gave Naomi what she had left after she was satisfied. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

2:17 An Ephah - About a bushel.

MHC:

2:17-23 It encourages industry, that in all labour, even that of gleaning, there is profit. Ruth was pleased with what she gained by her own industry, and was careful to secure it. Let us thus take care that we lose not those things which we have wrought, which we have gained for our souls' good, 2Jo 1:8. Parents should examine their children, as Naomi did, not to frighten or discourage them, so as to make them hate home, or tempt them to tell a lie; but to commend them if they have done well, and with mildness to reprove and caution them if they have done otherwise. It is a good question for us to ask ourselves every night, Where have I gleaned to-day? What improvement have I made in knowledge and grace? What have I done that will turn to a good account? When the Lord deals bountifully with us, let us not be found in any other field, nor seeking for happiness and satisfaction in the creature. We lose Divine favours, if we slight them. Ruth dutifully observed her mother's directions. And when the harvest was ended, she kept her aged mother company at home. Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land; her vanity ended in disgrace, Ge 34. Ruth kept at home, and helped to maintain her mother, and went out on no other errand than to get provision for her; her humility and industry ended in preferment.

CONC:

Amounted Barley Beat Beateth Crushing Ephah Evening Field Gathered Getting Gleaned Gleaneth Grain Heads Seed Threshed Till

Amounted Barley Beat Beateth Crushing Ephah Evening Heads Ruth Seed Threshed Together

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