| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Ru 3:17 | Strong Concordance | And she said [0559], These six [08337] measures of barley [08184] gave [05414] he me; for he said [0559] to me, Go [0935] not empty [07387] unto thy mother in law [02545]. |
| King James | And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| six measures of barley--Hebrew, "six seahs," a seah contained about two gallons and a half, six of which must have been rather a heavy load for a woman. |