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Ruth’s Redemption Assured

Ruth 3:17

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
And she says, “These six [measures] of barley he has given to me, for he said, You do not go in empty to your mother-in-law.”
YLT
And she saith, 'These six [measures] of barley he hath given to me, for he said, Thou dost not go in empty unto thy mother-in-law.'
DBY
And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.
DRC
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.
GNV
And said, These sixe measures of barly gaue he me: for he sayd to me, Thou shalt not come emptie vnto thy mother in lawe.
JPS
And she said: 'These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me: Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.'
LXXE
And she said to her, He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

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  • Written (Ketiv): אָמַ֣ר (“he said”). Read aloud (Qere): אָמַ֣ר אֵלַ֔י (“he said to me”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Leningrad Codex reads אָמַ֣רֵַ֔; read aloud (Qere) reads אָמַ֣ר אֵלַ֔י (“he said to me”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר שֵׁשׁ־הַשְּׂעֹרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה נָ֣תַן לִ֑י כִּ֚י אָמַ֣ר אַל־תָּב֥וֹאִי רֵיקָ֖ם אֶל־חֲמוֹתֵֽךְ׃Read aloud as (qere): אֵלַ֔י
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, τὰ ἕξ τῶν κριθῶν ταῦτα ἔδωκέ μοι, ὅτι εἶπε πρὸς μὲ, μὴ εἰσέλθῃς κενὴ πρὸς τὴν πενθεράν σου.

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