◄ Ruth 3:17 ►
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Good News Translation
She added, "He told me I must not come back to you empty-handed, so he gave me all this barley."

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

Contemporary English Version
She also said, "Boaz gave me this grain, because he didn't want me to come back without something for you."

New American Bible
and concluded, “He gave me these six measures of barley and said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty.’ ”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And she said: Behold he hath given me six measures of barley: for he said: I will not have thee return empty to thy mother in law.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And she said: Behold he hath given me six measures of barley: for he said: I will not have thee return empty to thy mother in law.

Context
Ruth Claims Boaz as Kinsman
…16And came to her mother in law; who said to her: What hast thou done, daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17And she said: Behold he hath given me six measures of barley: for he said: I will not have thee return empty to thy mother in law.18And Noemi said: Wait, my daughter, till we see what end the thing will have. For the man will not rest until he have accomplished what he hath said.…
Cross References
Ruth 3:16
And came to her mother in law; who said to her: What hast thou done, daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

Ruth 3:18
And Noemi said: Wait, my daughter, till we see what end the thing will have. For the man will not rest until he have accomplished what he hath said.

Ruth 3:16
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