Ruth 2:17

¹⁷ So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.[1]

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Other Translations of Ruth 2:17

King James Version

¹⁷ So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

English Standard Version

¹⁷ So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephahAn ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters of barley.

The Message

¹⁷ Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. When she threshed out what she had gathered, she ended up with nearly a full sack of barley!

New King James Version

¹⁷ So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

New Living Translation

¹⁷ So Ruth gathered barley there all day, and when she beat out the grain that evening, it filled an entire basket.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ruth 2:17

Commentary on Ruth 2:17-23

(Read Ruth 2:17-23)

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, Genesis 34. Ruth kept at home, and helped to maintain her mother, and went out on no other errand than to get provision for her; her humility and industry ended in preferment.