Ruth 2:17

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 rose to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not insult her. 16Also you shall purposely pull out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.” So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. 18She took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also took it out and gave Naomi what she had left after she was satisfied. 19Her mother-in-law then said to her, “Where did you glean today and where did you work? May he who took notice of you be blessed.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.”

Ruth 2:17 word by word

וַתְּלַקֵּ֥ט בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב וַתַּחְבֹּט֙ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־לִקֵּ֔טָה וַיְהִ֖י כְּאֵיפָ֥ה שְׂעֹרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• So she gleanedלָקַטlâqaţ · to gatherH3950
• in the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• Then she beatחָבַטchâbaţ · to beatH2251
• out whatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• and it was about an ephahאֵיפָה'êyphâh 'êphâh · ephahH374
• of barleyשְׂעֹרָהώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôr ώe‛ôr · barleyH8184

Cross-references for Ruth 2:17

• Proverbs 31:27She looks well to the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness.
• Exodus 16:36(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
• Ezekiel 45:11The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity, so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; their standard shall be according to the homer.

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

Topics related to Ruth 2:17

• Diligence
• Measure
• Ruth
• Threshing

In the dictionaries

• Agriculture
• Damsel
• Glean
• Knowledge
• Suffice
• Barley
• Boaz
• Gleaning
• Naomi
• Ruth

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