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Ruth 2:17

NETBible	So she gathered grain in the field until evening. When she threshed¹ what she had gathered, it came to about thirty pounds² of barley!
NIV © biblegateway Rut 2:17	So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.
NASB © biblegateway Rut 2:17	So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
NLT © biblegateway Rut 2:17	So Ruth gathered barley there all day, and when she beat out the grain that evening, it came to about half a bushel.
MSG © biblegateway Rut 2:17	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!
BBE © SABDAweb Rut 2:17	So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.
NRSV © bibleoremus Rut 2:17	So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
NKJV © biblegateway Rut 2:17	So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
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KJV	So she gleaned <03950> (8762) in the field <07704> until even <06153>_, and beat out <02251> (8799) that she had gleaned <03950> (8765)_: and it was about an ephah <0374> of barley <08184>_.
NASB © biblegateway Rut 2:17	So she gleaned <03950> in the field <07704> until <05704> evening <06153> . Then she beat <02251> out what <0834> she had gleaned <03950> , and it was about an ephah <0374> of barley <08184> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ sunelexen <4816> V-AAI-3S en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSM agrw <68> N-DSM ewv <2193> CONJ esperav <2073> N-GSF kai <2532> CONJ errabdisen {V-AAI-3S} a <3739> R-APN sunelexen <4816> V-AAI-3S kai <2532> CONJ egenhyh <1096> V-API-3S wv <3739> CONJ oifi {N-ASN} kriywn <2915> N-GPF
NET [draft] ITL	So she gathered <03950> grain in the field <07704> until <05704> evening <06153> . When she threshed <02251> what <0834> she had gathered <03950> , it came <01961> to about thirty pounds <0374> of barley <08184> !
HEBREW	Myrev <08184> hpyak <0374> yhyw <01961> hjql <03950> rsa <0834> ta <0853> jbxtw <02251> breh <06153> de <05704> hdvb <07704> jqltw (2:17) <03950>

NETBible

So she gathered grain in the field until evening. When she threshed¹ what she had gathered, it came to about thirty pounds² of barley!

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “she beat out” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT). Ruth probably used a stick to separate the kernels of grain from the husks. See O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 63.

²tn Heb “there was an ephah.” An ephah was a dry measure, equivalent to one-tenth of a homer (see HALOT 43 s.v. אֵיפָה). An ephah was equivalent to a “bath,” a liquid measure. Jars labeled “bath” found at archaeological sites in Israel could contain approximately 5.8 gallons, or one-half to two-thirds of a bushel. Thus an ephah of barley would have weighed about 29 to 30 pounds (just over 13 kg). See R. L. Hubbard, Jr., Ruth (NICOT), 179.

²sn This was a huge amount of barley for one woman to gather in a single day. It testifies both to Ruth’s industry and to Boaz’s generosity.