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.
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.