Ruth 2 · Verse 17

Ruth 2:17

So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
Ruth 2:17, King James Version

Ruth 2:17 in other translations

BSBSo Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.
WEBSo she gleaned in the field until evening; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
ASVSo she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
YLTAnd she gleaneth in the field till the evening, and beateth out that which she hath gleaned, and it is about an ephah of barley;
DARBYAnd she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out what she had gleaned; and it was about an ephah of barley.
BBESo 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.
WebsterSo she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out that which she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

What does Ruth 2:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. and beat out that she had gleaned--When the quantity of grain was small, it was beat out by means of a stick. an ephah--supposed to contain about a bushel.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 An ephah of barley - Not less than seven gallons and a half; a good day's work. On Hebrew measures of capacity, see the note on Exo 16:16.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ruth 2:17-23
It encourages industry, that in all labour, even that of gleaning, there is profit. Ruth was pleased with what she gained by her own industry, and was careful to secure it. Let us thus take care that we lose not those things which we have wrought, which we have gained for our souls' good, 2Jo 1:8. Parents should examine their children, as Naomi did, not to frighten or discourage them, so as to make them hate home, or tempt them to tell a lie; but to commend them if they have done well, and with mildness to reprove and caution them if they have done otherwise. It is a good question for us to ask ourselves every night, Where have I gleaned to-day? What improvement have I made in knowledge and grace? What have I done that will turn to a good account? When the Lord deals bountifully with us, let us not be found in any other field, nor seeking for happiness and satisfaction in the creature. We lose Divine favours, if we slight them. Ruth dutifully observed her mother's directions. And when the harvest was ended, she kept her aged mother company at home. Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land; her vanity ended in disgrace, Ge 34. Ruth kept at home, and helped to maintain her mother, and went out on no other errand than to get provision for her; her humility and industry ended in preferment.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Ruth 2:17 in the original Hebrew

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וַתְּלַקֵּ֥טva.te.la.Ketand she gleanedH3950
בַּשָּׂדֶ֖הba.sa.Dehin the fieldH7704
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
הָעָ֑רֶבha.'A.revthe eveningH6153
וַתַּחְבֹּט֙va.tach.Botand she beat outH2251
אֵ֣ת'et<obj.>H853
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-[that] whichH834
לִקֵּ֔טָהli.Ke.tahshe had gleanedH3950
וַיְהִ֖יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
כְּאֵיפָ֥הke.'ei.Fahabout an ephahH374
שְׂעֹרִֽים\׃se.'o.Rimbarley<s>H8184

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ruth 2:17

  • Proverbs 31:27

    She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

  • Ezekiel 45:11-12

    The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

  • Exodus 16:36

    Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
she gleaned.
Pr 31:27
ephah.
Ex 16:36; Eze 45:11,12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ruth 2:16

    And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

  • Ruth 2:17

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

  • Ruth 2:18

    And 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 she had reserved after she was sufficed.

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Ruth 2:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y espigó en el campo hasta la tarde, y desgranó lo que había cogido, y fué como un epha de cebada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et elle glana dans le champ jusqu’au soir, et elle battit ce qu’elle avait glané, et il y eut environ un épha d’orge.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie las auf dem Felde auf bis zum Abend, und sie schlug aus, was sie aufgelesen hatte, und es war bei einem Epha Gerste.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Collegit ergo in agro usque ad vesperam: et quæ collegerat virga cædens et excutiens, invenit hordei quasi ephi mensuram, id est, tres modios.