Ruth 2:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And she gleaneth in the field till the evening, and beateth out that which she hath gleaned, and it is about an ephah of barley;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ruth 2:17 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 16:36(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
  2. Proverbs 31:27She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
  3. Ezekiel 45:11The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.

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