Ruth 2:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ Ruth worked in the fields until evening. Then she separated the grain from the chaff. [11] There was about 1/2 bushel [12] of barley.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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)

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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.

Ruth 2:17 Cross References

Proverbs 31:27

She is never lazy.\par She takes care of the things in her house.\par

Ruth 2:16

And make her work easier by dropping some full heads of grain for her. Let her gather that grain. Don’t tell her to stop.”

Ruth 2:18

Ruth carried the grain into town to show her mother-in-law what she had gathered. She also gave her the food that was left from lunch.