King James Version
Ruth 3:17 in the King James Version says “And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.” — study this verse from Ruth chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city. vail: or, sheet, or, apron
And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“These six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“not empty”
H7387emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
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