Ruth 2:9

Ruth 2:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
• New International Version (NIV)Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.”

Context of Ruth 2:9

7She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.” 8Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls. Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.” 10At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?” 11Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.

Ruth 2:9 word by word

עֵינַ֜יִךְ בַּשָּׂדֶ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־יִקְצֹרוּן֙ וְהָלַ֣כְתִּ אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן הֲל֥וֹא צִוִּ֛יתִי אֶת־הַנְּעָרִ֖ים לְבִלְתִּ֣י נָגְעֵ֑ךְ וְצָמִ֗ת וְהָלַכְתְּ֙ אֶל־הַכֵּלִ֔ים וְשָׁתִ֕ית מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר יִשְׁאֲב֖וּן הַנְּעָרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• they are harvestingקָצַרqâtsar · to reapH7114
• and follow alongהָלַךְhâlak · to go: followH1980
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• Indeedלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• I have orderedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the young menנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• notבִּלְתִּיbiltîy · lestH1115
• to touch youנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• And when you are thirstyצָמֵאtsâmê' · to thirstH6770
• goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• goאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• and drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• fromמֵאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whenceH834
• the jarsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• have filledשָׁאַבshâ'ab · to drawH7579

Cross-references for Ruth 2:9

• Genesis 20:6Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
• Job 19:21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
• Psalms 105:15“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
• Proverbs 6:29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
• 1 Corinthians 7:1Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
• 1 John 5:18We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
• Genesis 24:18“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
• Matthew 10:42And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
• John 4:7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

Commentaries on Ruth 2:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The young men that they shall not touch thee - This was peculiarly necessary, as she was a stranger and unprotected.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9After them - i. e. “after my maidens.” The fields not being divided by hedges, but only by unplowed ridges, it would be easy for her to pass off Boaz‘s land without being aware of it, and so find herself among strangers where Boaz could not protect her.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-16Verses 4-16 The pious and kind language between Boaz and his reapers shows that there were godly persons in Israel. Such language as this is seldom heard in our field; too often, on the contrary, what is immoral and corrupt. A stranger would form a very different opinion of our land, from that which Ruth would form of Israel from the converse and conduct of Boaz and his reapers. But true religion will teach a man to behave aright in all states and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Boaz gave Ruth the special privilege of gleaning right behind the young women. After the men cut the grain and tied it in small bundles, the women gathered the bundles into larger sheaves. The Torah did not require farmers to allow gleaners into the fields until they took the sheaves to the threshing floor. I have ordered the young men not to touch you: Boaz assured Ruth that no one under his authority would taunt her or try to drive her away from his…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. said Boaz unto Ruth, ... bide here fast by my maidens--The reaping was performed by women while the assortment of sheaves was the duty of men-servants. The same division of harvest labor obtains in Syria still. Boaz not only granted to Ruth the full privilege of gleaning after his reapers, but provided for her personal comfort.Read the comment

Topics related to Ruth 2:9

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• Damsel
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• Knowledge
• Suffice
• Boaz
• Gleaning
• Naomi

Commentaries on Ruth 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings