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."
— Ruth 2:17, World English Bible
“So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.”
“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. ”
“So she gathered grain in the field until evening. When she threshed what she had gathered, it came to about thirty pounds of barley!”
“She gleaned therefore in the field till evening: and beating out with a rod, and threshing what she had gleaned, she found about the measure of an ephi of barley, that is, three bushels:”
“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.”
“So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.”
At meal time Boaz said to her, "Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar." She sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left some of it.
When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, "Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don't reproach her.
Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don't rebuke her."
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.
She took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had left after she was sufficed.
Her mother-in-law said to her, "Where have you gleaned today? Where have you worked? Blessed be he who noticed you." She showed her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, "The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz."
Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "Blessed be he of Yahweh, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead." Naomi said to her, "The man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen."