New American Standard Bible 2020

Ruth 2:4-17

4Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “1May the Lord be with you.” And they said to him, “May the Lord bless you.” 5Then Boaz said to his servant who was 2in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?” 6And the servant 3in charge of the reapers replied, “She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab. 7And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came and has remained from the morning until now; she has been sitting in the house for a little while.”

8Then Boaz said to Ruth, “4Listen carefully, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field; furthermore, do not go on from this one, but join my young women here. 9Keep your eyes on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have ordered the servants not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go to the 5water jars and drink from what the servants draw.” 10Then she 6fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?” 11Boaz replied to her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband has been fully reported to me, and how you left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not previously know. 12 7May the Lord reward your 8work, and may your wages be full from the Lord, the God of Israel, 9under whose wings you have come to take refuge.” 13Then she said, “I have found favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken 10kindly to your servant, though I am not like one of your female servants.”

14And at mealtime Boaz said to her, “11Come here, that you may eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers; and he served her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied 12and had some left. 15When she got up to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not 13insult her. 16Also you are to purposely slip out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it so that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”

17So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an 14ephah of barley.

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Notes

1. Ruth 2:4 Judg 6:12; Ps 129:8; Luke 1:28; 2 Thess 3:16 ↩
2. Ruth 2:5 Lit appointed over ↩
3. Ruth 2:6 Lit who was appointed over ↩
4. Ruth 2:8 Lit Have you not heard ↩
5. Ruth 2:9 Lit vessels ↩
6. Ruth 2:10 1 Sam 25:23 ↩
7. Ruth 2:12 1 Sam 24:19 ↩
8. Ruth 2:12 Or behavior ↩
9. Ruth 2:12 Ruth 1:16; Ps 17:8; 36:7; 57:1; 61:4; 63:7; 91:4 ↩
10. Ruth 2:13 Lit to the heart of your ↩
11. Ruth 2:14 Lit Come near here ↩
12. Ruth 2:14 Ruth 2:18 ↩
13. Ruth 2:15 Or harm ↩
14. Ruth 2:17 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters ↩

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