God’s Word Translation
Ruth 2:17
17So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. Then she separated the grain from its husks. She had about half a bushel of barley.
Ruth 2:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
- New International Version (NIV)So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
Context of Ruth 2:17
15When she got up to gather grain, Boaz ordered his servants, “Let her gather grain even among the bundles. Don’t give her any problems. 16Even pull some grain out of the bundles and leave it for her to gather. Don’t give her a hard time about it.” So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. Then she separated the grain from its husks. She had about half a bushel of barley. 18She picked it up and went into the town, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gathered. Ruth also took out what she had left over from lunch and gave it to Naomi. 19Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you gather grain today? Just where did you work? May the man who paid attention to you be blessed.” So Ruth told her mother-in-law about the person with whom she worked. She said, “The man I worked with today is named Boaz.”
Read all of Ruth 2Ruth 2:17 word by word
וַתְּלַקֵּ֥ט בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב וַתַּחְבֹּט֙ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־לִקֵּ֔טָה וַיְהִ֖י כְּאֵיפָ֥ה שְׂעֹרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ruth 2:17
- Proverbs 31:27She keeps a close eye on the conduct of her family, and she does not eat the bread of idleness.
- Exodus 16:36(Now, the standard dry measure at that time held 20 quarts.)
- Ezekiel 45:11The dry and liquid measures must always be the same: The ephah and the bath should hold the same as one-tenth of a homer. The homer must be the standard measure.
Commentaries on Ruth 2:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17An ephah of barley - Not less than seven gallons and a half; a good day's work. On Hebrew measures of capacity, see the note on Exodus 16:16.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17And beat out that she had gleaned - Namely, with a stick, as the word implies (compare Deuteronomy 24:20; Isaiah 27:12). This method is still commonly practiced. Ruth gleaned enough to support herself and her mother-in-law for five days Exodus 16:16.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-23Verses 17-23 It encourages industry, that in all labour, even that of gleaning, there is profit. Ruth was pleased with what she gained by her own industry, and was careful to secure it. Let us thus take care that we lose not those things which we have wrought, which we have gained for our souls' good, 2Jo 1:8. Parents should examine their children, as Naomi did, not to frighten or discourage them, so as to make them hate home, or tempt them to tell a lie…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. and beat out that she had gleaned--When the quantity of grain was small, it was beat out by means of a stick. an ephah--supposed to contain about a bushel.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ruth 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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