World English Bible
"She said, "He gave me these six [measures] of barley; for he said, 'Don't go empty to your mother-in-law.'""
— Ruth 3:17, World English Bible
“And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.”
“And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law. ”
“She said,“He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me,‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’””
“And she said: Behold he hath given me six measures of barley: for he said: I will not have thee return empty to thy mother in law.”
“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.”
“And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.”
She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before one could discern another. For he said, "Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor."
He said, "Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it." She held it; and he measured six [measures] of barley, and laid it on her; and he went into the city.
When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "How did it go, my daughter?" She told her all that the man had done to her.
She said, "He gave me these six [measures] of barley; for he said, 'Don't go empty to your mother-in-law.'"
Then she said, "Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day."