She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley; for he said, ‘Don’t go empty to your mother-in-law.’”
Parallel translations
- 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.
- 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.’”
- NKJV And she said, “These six ephahs of barley he gave me; for he said to me, ‘Do not go empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’ ”
- NASB She also said, “These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ ”
- NLT and she added, “He gave me these six scoops of barley and said, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
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