King James Version (KJV)
Ruth 3:17
“And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.”
Verse in context — Ruth 3
15
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.
16
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.
17
And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
18
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.
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