Ruth 2:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned. It was about an ephah of barley.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed what she had gleaned; it was about an ephah of barley.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so she gathered in the field until evening. And striking and threshing with a staff what she had gathered, she found about the measure of an ephah of barley, that is, three measures.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

She 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:

Ruth 2:17 Cross References

Exodus 16:36

Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

Proverbs 31:27

She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

Ruth 2:16

And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.

Ruth 2:18

And 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 she had left after she was sufficed.