Ruth 2:9

Translations

Modern

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.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

Let your eyes be in the field that they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, you shall go to the vessels, and you shall drink from what the young men draw.”

Latin

…et ubi messuerint, sequere. Mandavi enim pueris meis, ut nemo molestus sit tibi: sed etiam si sitieris, vade ad sarcinulas, et bibe aquas, de quibus et pueri bibunt.

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English

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.”

Notes

Ruth 2:8–9

Boaz 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 fields, even though she was there before the proper time for gleaners.
go and drink from the jars: Boaz’s generosity saved Ruth the trouble of drawing her own water.

Theme notes and profiles

Ruth

Related verses

1 John 5:18
We 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 20:6
Then 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.
1 Corinthians 7:1
Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
Proverbs 6:29
So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Psalm 105:15
“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
Matthew 10:42
And 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.”
Job 19:21
Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
Genesis 24:18–20
“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
John 4:7–11
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

Glossary

Boaz (Person) Glean, Gleaning Naomi Ruth (Person) Ruth, Book of Widow

Topics

Reaping: Both Men and Women Engaged In Ruth: Receives Kindness from Boaz The Harvest: Men and Women Engaged In

Ruth 2:9

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