Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
So Ruth gathered grain out in the field until dusk, and then threshed what she had gathered about a week's supply of barley.
New American Standard Bible
So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
King James Version
So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
Holman Bible
So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. She beat out what she had gathered, and it was about 26 quarts
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out what she had gleaned; and it was about an ephah of barley.
Julia Smith Translation
And she will gather in the field till the evening, and she will beat out what she gathered, and it will be about an ephah of barley.
King James 2000
So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out what she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So she gleaned in the field until the evening and she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah [of] barley.
Modern King James verseion
And she gleaned in the field until the evening, and beat out what she had gleaned. And it was about an ephah of barley.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And so she gathered until even and then threshed that she had gathered, and it was upon an ephah of barley.
NET Bible
So she gathered grain in the field until evening. When she threshed what she had gathered, it came to about thirty pounds of barley!
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
So she gleaned in the field, until the evening, - and beat out that which she had gleaned, and there was about an ephah of barley.
Webster
So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out that which she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
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;
Themes
Diligence » Exemplified » Ruth
Diligence » Figurative » Exemplified » Ruth
Evening » Man ceases from labor in
Ruth » Receives kindness from boaz
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ruth 2:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ruth And Naomi Talk About Boaz
16 One other thing drop some handfuls deliberately, leaving them for her so she can gather it. And don't bother her." 17 So Ruth gathered grain out in the field until dusk, and then threshed what she had gathered about a week's supply of barley. 18 She picked up her grain and went back to town.
Cross References
Exodus 16:36
Now one omer is a tenth of an ephah.
Proverbs 31:27
She looks discretely to the affairs of her household, and she is never lazy.
Ezekiel 45:11-12
The ephah and the bath are to be of equal volume; that is, the bath is to contain one tenth of an omer and the ephah one tenth of an omer. The omer is to be the standard on which their volume measurement is to be based.