Translations
Modern
At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
Traditional
And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
Literal
And Boaz said to her at the time of food, “Come here and eat from the bread, and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.” And she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied, and she had some left over.
Latin
Dixitque ad eam Booz: Quando hora vescendi fuerit, veni huc, et comede panem, et intinge buccellam tuam in aceto. Sedit itaque ad messorum latus, et congessit polentam sibi, comeditque et saturata est, et tulit reliquias.
Original
Hebrew
English
At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
Notes
People
Boaz: Kinsman-redeemer who married Ruth, ancestor of David and Jesus
Glossary
Boaz (Person) Food and Food Preparation Glean, Gleaning Meaning of Meals in the Bible Naomi Ruth (Person) Ruth, Book of Vinegar Widow
Topics
Corn: Parched Food: Articles of Parched (Roasted) Corn (Grain) Food: Articles of Vinegar Poor: Kindness To by Boaz Reaping: Persons Engaged in Fed by the Master Who Himself Presided at Their Meals Ruth: Receives Kindness from Boaz The Diet of the Jews of the Poor, Frugal The Diet of the Jews: Articles Used for Parched Corn The Diet of the Jews: Articles Used for Vinegar The Harvest: Persons Engaged in Fed by the Husbandman During The Poor: Regard For: Boaz Vinegar used with Food