Tree of Life Version
Ruth 2:17
17So she gleaned in the field until evening. When she thrashed what she had gathered, there was about an ephah 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 glean, Boaz gave orders to his workers saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, do not humiliate her. 16Also be sure to pull out some grain for her from the sheaves and leave them for her to pick up, and do not rebuke her.” So she gleaned in the field until evening. When she thrashed what she had gathered, there was about an ephah of barley. 18She carried it back to town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. Ruth took some out and gave her what was left over after eating her fill. 19Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? May the one who noticed you be blessed!” She told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and she said, “The name of the man for whom I worked is 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 watches over the affairs of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.
- Exodus 16:36Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
- Ezekiel 45:11The dry and liquid measure will be of a uniform measure: the bath will contain a tenth part of a homer, and the ephah a tenth part of a homer; the standard measure will be 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
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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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