Ruth 3:17
She added, 'He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, “Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.”'
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And she said, These six measures of barley he gave me; for he said to me, Go not empty to your mother-in-law.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And she said,{H559} These six{H8337} [measures] of barley{H8184} gave{H5414} he me; for he said,{H559} Go{H935} not empty{H7387} unto thy mother-in-law.{H2545}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And she said{H559}{(H8799)}, These six{H8337} measures of barley{H8184} gave{H5414}{(H8804)} he me; for he said{H559}{(H8804)} to me, Go{H935}{(H8799)} not empty{H7387} unto thy mother in law{H2545}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
& sayde: These sixe measures of barlye gaue he me, for he sayde: Thou shalt not come emptye vnto yi mother in lawe.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And said, These sixe measures of barly gaue he me: for he sayd to me, Thou shalt not come emptie vnto thy mother in lawe.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And sayde: These sixe measures of barlye gaue he me, and sayde: Thou shalt not come emptie vnto thy mother in lawe.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
Webster's Bible (1833)
She said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said, "Don't go empty to your mother-in-law."
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And she saith, `These six `measures' of barley he hath given to me, for he said, Thou dost not go in empty unto thy mother-in-law.'
American Standard Version (1901)
And she said, These six `measures' of barley gave he me; for he said, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.
American Standard Version (1901)
And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And she said, He gave me these six measures of grain, saying, Do not go back to your mother-in-law with nothing in your hands.
World English Bible (2000)
She said, "He gave me these six [measures] of barley; for he said, 'Don't go empty to your mother-in-law.'"
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
She said,“He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me,‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
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- Ruth 3:13-164 verses88%
13 Stay here for the night. In the morning, if he wishes to redeem you, good—let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the LORD lives, I will redeem you. Lie down here until morning.
14 So she lay at his feet until morning but got up before anyone could recognize another. For he said, 'Let it not be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.'
15 And he said, 'Bring me the cloak that you are wearing and hold it out.' So she held it out, and he measured out six measures of barley and placed it on her. Then he went into the town.
16 When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, 'How did it go, my daughter?' Then she told her everything the man had done for her.
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18 Then Naomi said, 'Wait, my daughter, until you find out how things will turn out, for the man will not rest until he has resolved the matter today.'
- Ruth 2:13-2311 verses82%
13 She said, "May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord, because you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant—even though I am not one of your servants."
14 At mealtime, Boaz said to her, "Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the vinegar." So she sat beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain. She ate, was satisfied, and had some leftover.
15 When she got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, "Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.
16 Rather, pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her."
17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah of barley.
18 She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gleaned. Ruth also brought out and gave Naomi what she had leftover after she had eaten her fill.
19 Her mother-in-law asked her, "Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you." Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose field she had worked. She said, "The man's name I worked with today is Boaz."
20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead." She added, "That man is a close relative of ours; he is one of our kinsman-redeemers."
21 Then Ruth the Moabite said, "He even told me, 'Stay close to my harvesters until they have finished all my harvest.'"
22 Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, "It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, so that you may not be harmed in another field."
23 So Ruth stayed close to the young women of Boaz to glean until the barley harvest and the wheat harvest were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
- Ruth 1:6-116 verses78%
6 Naomi arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the fields of Moab because she had heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food.
7 She left the place where she had been living, along with her two daughters-in-law, and they began to travel on the road back to the land of Judah.
8 But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go back, each of you, to your mother’s house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
9 May the LORD grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband." She kissed them goodbye, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
10 They said to her, "We will go back with you to your people."
11 But Naomi replied, "Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Do I still have sons in my womb who could become your husbands?
- Ruth 3:1-33 verses77%
1 Then Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, 'My daughter, should I not seek a home for you where you will be well taken care of?'
2 Now is not Boaz, our relative, with whose young women you have been working? Tonight, he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor.
3 Wash, anoint yourself, and put on your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but do not let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
- Ruth 3:5-73 verses77%
5 And she said to her, 'I will do everything you say.'
6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her.
7 When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the far end of the grain pile. Then she came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
- Ruth 1:20-223 verses75%
20 She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.
21 I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.
22 So Naomi returned from the fields of Moab, accompanied by Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
- Ruth 2:10-112 verses73%
10 She bowed down with her face to the ground and said to him, "Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?"
11 Boaz replied, "It has been fully reported to me all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people you did not know before.
- Ruth 2:5-84 verses73%
5 Boaz asked the servant who was in charge of the harvesters, "Whose young woman is this?"
6 The servant replied, "She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
7 "She asked, 'Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.' She came and has been working steadily from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter."
8 So Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field, and do not leave this one. Stay close to my young women.
- Ruth 2:2-32 verses73%
2 Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields and gather leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor." Naomi said to her, "Go ahead, my daughter."
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- Ruth 4:15-162 verses72%
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13 would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters, it is more bitter for me than for you because the LORD’s hand has turned against me."
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15 Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Return with her."
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18 When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.
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9 He asked, 'Who are you?' She answered, 'I am Ruth, your servant. Spread the corner of your garment over your servant, for you are a guardian-redeemer.'
10 He said, 'May you be blessed by the LORD, my daughter. You have shown great kindness now, even greater than before, by not pursuing younger men, whether rich or poor.'
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5 On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning to leave, but the woman’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh yourself with a piece of bread, and then you can go.”
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18 "Drink, my lord," she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.