Ruth 2:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ And she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ĕ

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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

Exodus 16:36

And an omer is one-tenth of an ĕ

Proverbs 31:27

She watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness.

Ruth 2:16

“Rather, draw out from the bundles for her, and leave it for her to glean, and do not restrain her.”

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 out and gave to her what she had left over after she was satisfied.