Ruth 3:17

She said, “He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me, ¹  ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’” ² 

biblegateway Rut 3:17

and added, "He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’"

biblegateway Rut 3:17

She said, "These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’"

biblegateway Rut 3:17

and she added, "He gave me these six scoops of barley and said, ‘Don’t go back to your mother–in–law empty–handed.’"

biblegateway Rut 3:17

Ruth told her everything that the man had done for her, adding, "And he gave me all this barley besides--six quarts! He told me, 'You can't go back empty-handed to your mother-in-law!'"

SABDAweb Rut 3:17

And she said, He gave me these six measures of grain, saying, Do not go back to your mother-in-law with nothing in your hands.

bibleoremus Rut 3:17

saying, "He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’"

biblegateway Rut 3:17

And she said, "These six ephahs of barley he gave me; for he said to me, ‘Do not go empty–handed to your mother–in–law.’"

biblegateway Rut 3:17

She said, “He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me, ¹  ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’” ² 

¹ tc The MT (Kethib) lacks the preposition אֵלַי (’elay, “to me”) which is attested in the marginal reading (Qere).

² sn ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ In addition to being a further gesture of kindness on Boaz’s part, the gift of barley served as a token of his intention to fulfill his responsibility as family guardian. See R. L. Hubbard, Jr., Ruth (NICOT), 225-26, and F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther (WBC), 187.