Ruth 3:17

She said, “He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me, ¹  ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’” ² 

and added, "He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’"

She said, "These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’"

and she added, "He gave me these six scoops of barley and said, ‘Don’t go back to your mother–in–law empty–handed.’"

Ruth told her everything that the man had done for her, adding, "And he gave me all this barley besides--six quarts! He told me, 'You can't go back empty-handed to your mother-in-law!'"

And she said, He gave me these six measures of grain, saying, Do not go back to your mother-in-law with nothing in your hands.

saying, "He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’"

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.’"

She said, “He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me, ¹  ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’” ² 

¹ tc The MT (Kethib) lacks the preposition אֵלַי (’elay, “to me”) which is attested in the marginal reading (Qere).

² sn ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ In addition to being a further gesture of kindness on Boaz’s part, the gift of barley served as a token of his intention to fulfill his responsibility as family guardian. See R. L. Hubbard, Jr., Ruth (NICOT), 225-26, and F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther (WBC), 187.