Ruth 2:21

Translations

Modern

Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”

Traditional

And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

Literal

And Ruth the Moabitess said, “Also surely he said to me, ‘With the young men who are to me you shall cling, until that they have finished all the harvest that is unto me.’”

Latin

Et ait Ruth: Hoc quoque, inquit, præcepit mihi, ut tamdiu messoribus ejus jungerer, donec omnes segetes meterentur.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”

Notes

Ruth 2:21

The author calls Ruth "Ruth the Moabite" five times (Ruth 1:22; 2:2, 21; 4:5, 10). This reminds us that Ruth was not an Israelite.

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Ruth

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Song of Solomon 1:7–8
Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
Ruth 2:22
And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”
Ruth 2:7–8
She 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.”

People

Ruth: Moabite woman, ancestor of David and Jesus

Places

Moab: Ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea in Jordan

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