KJV King James Version
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
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Ruth 2:12
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
WEB World English Bible
May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jehovah doth recompense thy work, and thy reward is complete from Jehovah, God of Israel, under whose wings thou hast come to take refuge.’
Surrounding context — Ruth 2
9 [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.
10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I [am] a stranger?
11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and [how] thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
14 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.
15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
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יְשַׁלֵּ֥םH7999 · sa.lemto completeיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDפָּעֳלֵ֑ךְH6467 · po.alworkוּתְהִ֨יH1961 · ha.yahto beמַשְׂכֻּרְתֵּ֜ךְH4909 · mas.ko.retwageשְׁלֵמָ֗הH8003 · sha.lemcompleteמֵעִ֤םH5973 · imwithיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֵ֣יH430 · e.lo.himGodיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichבָּ֖אתH935 · boto come (in): comeלַחֲס֥וֹתH2620 · cha.sahto seek refugeתַּֽחַת־H8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underכְּנָפָֽיו׃H3671 · ka.naphwing
Cross-references
Psalm 36:7How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.Psalm 91:4He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.Psalm 63:7Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.Psalm 61:4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.Psalm 17:8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,Hebrews 6:10For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.Psalm 57:1To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these] calamities be overpast.Ruth 1:16And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, [or] to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people [shall be] my people, and thy God my God:Hebrews 11:26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.1 Samuel 24:19For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!Hebrews 11:6But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.Matthew 6:1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.Proverbs 23:18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.2 Timothy 4:8Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.Luke 6:35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and [to] the evil.Psalm 19:11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: [and] in keeping of them [there is] great reward.Proverbs 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.
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