Ruth 3:17
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
In context
15 And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.
16 When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.
17 And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
18 “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
Ruth 3:17 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
- KJV King James 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley; for he said, ‘Don’t go empty to your mother-in-law.’”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And she said, These six measures of barley he gave me; for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.