Ruth 2:17 (DRB)

Passage

She gleaned therefore in the field till evening: and beating out with a rod, and threshing what she had gleaned, she found about the measure of an ephi of barley, that is, three bushels:

Nearby Context

Ruth 2:15 And she arose from thence, to glean the ears of corn as before. And Booz commanded his servants, saying: If she would even reap with you, hinder her not:

Ruth 2:16 And let fall some of your handfuls of purpose, and leave them, that she may gather them without shame, and let no man rebuke her when she gathereth them.

Ruth 2:17 She gleaned therefore in the field till evening: and beating out with a rod, and threshing what she had gleaned, she found about the measure of an ephi of barley, that is, three bushels:

Ruth 2:18 Which she took up, and returned into the city, and shewed it to her mother in law: moreover, she brought out, and gave her of the remains of her meat, wherewith she had been filled.

Ruth 2:19 And her mother in law said to her: Where hast thou gleaned today, and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that hath had pity on thee. And she told her with whom she had wrought: and she told the man's name, that he was called Booz.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "gleaned", "therefore", "field", "till", "evening", "beating", and "threshing". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gleaned" and "therefore", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "And let fall some of your handfuls..." into verse 18's "Which she took up and returned into...", so "gleaned" and "therefore" belong inside that flow. In Ruth context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "gleaned" and "therefore" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.