Ruth 3:17
15 And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.
16 When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.
And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
18 “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
- KJV
- And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
- WEB
- She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley; for he said, ‘Don’t go empty to your mother-in-law.’”
- ASV
- And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.
- DARBY
- And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.
- BLB
- And she said, “These six [measures] of barley he gave to me, for he said, ‘Do not go in empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’”
- ÅB
- og sa: Disse seks mål bygg gav han meg; for han sa: Du må ikke komme tomhendt hjem til din svigermor.
- OTB
- Hun la til: «Han ga meg disse seks målene med bygg og sa: ‘Gå ikke tilbake til din svigermor med tomme hender.’»
- B1930
- og sa: Disse seks mål bygg gav han mig; for han sa: Du må ikke komme tomhendt hjem til din svigermor.