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Ruth 2:17
17So Ruth gathered barley there all day, and when she beat out the grain that evening, it filled an entire basket.
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 Ruth went back to work again, Boaz ordered his young men, “Let her gather grain right among the sheaves without stopping her. 16And pull out some heads of barley from the bundles and drop them on purpose for her. Let her pick them up, and don’t give her a hard time!” So Ruth gathered barley there all day, and when she beat out the grain that evening, it filled an entire basket. 18She carried it back into town and showed it to her mother-in-law. Ruth also gave her the roasted grain that was left over from her meal. 19“Where did you gather all this grain today?” Naomi asked. “Where did you work? May the Lord bless the one who helped you!” So Ruth told her mother-in-law about the man in whose field she had 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 carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness.
- Exodus 16:36The container used to measure the manna was an omer, which was one-tenth of an ephah; it held about two quarts.
- Ezekiel 45:11The homer will be your standard unit for measuring volume. The ephah and the bath will each measure one-tenth of a 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
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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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