KJV King James Version
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
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Ruth 2:2
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
WEB World English Bible
Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Ruth the Moabitess saith unto Naomi, ‘Let me go, I pray thee, into the field, and I gather among the ears of corn after him in whose eyes I find grace;’ and she saith to her, ‘Go, my daughter.’
Surrounding context — Ruth 2
1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name [was] Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field [belonging] unto Boaz, who [was] of the kindred of Elimelech.
4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD [be] with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel [is] this?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתֹּאמֶר֩H559 · a.marto sayר֨וּתH7327 · rutRuthהַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֜הH4125 · mo.a.viMoabiteאֶֽל־H413 · elto(wards)נָעֳמִ֗יH5281 · no.o.miNaomiאֵֽלְכָה־H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentנָּ֤אH4994 · napleaseהַשָּׂדֶה֙H7704 · sa.daySirionוַאֲלַקֳטָּ֣הH3950 · la.qatto gatherבַשִׁבֳּלִ֔יםH7641 · shib.bolstreamאַחַ֕רH310 · a.charafterאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichאֶמְצָא־H4672 · ma.tsato findחֵ֖ןH2580 · chenfavorבְּעֵינָ֑יוH5869 · a.yineyeוַתֹּ֥אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayלָ֖הּH9034 · haherלְכִ֥יH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבִתִּֽי׃H1323 · batdaughter
Cross-references
Leviticus 23:22And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I [am] the LORD your God.Leviticus 19:9And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.Deuteronomy 24:19-21When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.Ruth 2:7And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go up and down [as] a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I [am] the LORD.
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