Ruth 2:17

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ruth 2:17

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ruth 2

¹⁵ When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.

¹⁶ Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”

¹⁷ So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.

¹⁸ She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.

¹⁹ Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.

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