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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.

KJV

Collegit ergo in agro usque ad vesperam : et quæ collegerat virga cædens et excutiens, invenit hordei quasi ephi mensuram, id est, tres modios.

Vulgate

καὶ συνέλεξεν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ ἕως ἑσπέρας, καὶ ἐράβδισεν ἃ συνέλεξεν, καὶ ἐγενήθη ὡς οἰφὶ κριθῶν.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/תְּלַקֵּ֥ט בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֖ה עַד הָ/עָ֑רֶב וַ/תַּחְבֹּט֙ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר לִקֵּ֔טָה וַ/יְהִ֖י כְּ/אֵיפָ֥ה שְׂעֹרִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵיפָֽה
'yph
noun · 40×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
לִקְט֣וּ
lqtv
verb · 37×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עָֽרֶב
'rb
noun · 134×
שְׂעֹרִ֖ים
sh'rym
noun · 34×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×
תַחְבֹּט֙
tchbt
verb · 5×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 45:11 — 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.
  • Prov 31:27 — She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.