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Ruth 3:17

17 saying, “These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said to me, ‘You must not go back empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’ ”

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Ruth 3:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 and added, “He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ ”

Ruth 3:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

Ruth 3:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 and she added, “He gave me these six scoops of barley and said, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ ”

Ruth 3:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 And she said, “These six ephahs of barley he gave me; for he said to me, ‘Do not go empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’ ”

Ruth 3:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 She said, “Boaz gave me these six portions of barley, saying, ‘You must not go home without a gift for your mother-in-law.’ ”

Ruth 3:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.

Ruth 3:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.

Ruth 3:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley and told me not to come back to you empty-handed.” 

Ruth 3:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, because he said, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ ”

Ruth 3:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 saying, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ ”

Ruth 3:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 And she said, “These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, ‘You shall not go empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’ ”

Ruth 3:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 She said, “He gave me all of this barley. He said, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law with your hands empty.’ ”

Ruth 3:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 She said, “These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ ”


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