Ruth 3:17
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New International Version (©2011)
and added, "He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, 'Don't go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'"

New Living Translation (©2007)
and she added, "He gave me these six scoops of barley and said, 'Don't go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'"

English Standard Version (©2001)
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.’”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
She said, "These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, 'Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'"

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
She said, "He gave me these six measures of barley, because he said, 'Don't go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'"

International Standard Version (©2012)
Ruth also said, "He gave me these six units of barley and told me, 'Don't go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'"

NET Bible (©2006)
She said, "He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me, 'Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
She said, "He gave me these six measures of barley and told me not to come back to you empty-handed."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And she said, These six measures of barley he gave me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto your mother-in-law.

American King James Version
And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to your mother in law.

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

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.

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

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

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

World English Bible
She said, "He gave me these six [measures] of barley; for he said, 'Don't go empty to your mother-in-law.'"

Young's Literal Translation
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.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:14-18 Ruth had done all that was fit for her to do, she must patiently wait the event. Boaz, having undertaken this matter, would be sure to manage it well. Much more reason have true believers to cast their care on God, because he has promised to care for them. Our strength is to sit still, Isa 30:7. This narrative may encourage us to lay ourselves by faith at the feet of Christ: He is our near Kinsman; having taken our nature upon him. He has the right to redeem. Let us seek to receive from him his directions: Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? Ac 9:6. He will never blame us as doing this unseasonably. And let us earnestly desire and seek the same rest for our children and friends, that it may be well with them also.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 17. - And she said, These six measures of barley he gave to me; for he said, Thou must not go empty to thy mother-in-law. The C'tib omission of "to me" after "for he said" is most likely to be the original reading. A fastidious Rabbi would rather originate this insertion than the omission.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And she said, these six measures of barley gave he me,.... Which she laid down before her, which was a proof of his kindness to her, that she was acceptable to him, and had well sped; of these six measures, see Ruth 3:15 which by some are allegorically interpreted of six blessings that should be bestowed upon her, as the spirit of wisdom, understanding, &c. as Isaiah 11:2 so Jarchi; or of six persons that should spring from her, as David, Daniel, and his companions, and the King Messiah, as the Targum:

for he said unto me, go not empty unto thy mother in law; which, as it expressed a regard to Naomi, and a compassionate concern for her support, so would give her assurance of the success Ruth met with, she would relate to her.

Ruth 3:17 Parallel Commentaries
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Ruth Claims Boaz as Kinsman
…16And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who are you, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to your mother in law. 18Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

Ruth 3:16 When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, "How did it go, my daughter?" Then she told her everything Boaz had done for her
Ruth 3:18 Then Naomi said, "Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today."