Ruth 2:17 - New Revised Standard Version So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.
You must also pull out some handfuls for her from the bundles, and leave them for her to glean, and do not rebuke her.”
She picked it up and came into the town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gleaned. Then she took out and gave her what was left over after she herself had been satisfied.