KJV King James Version
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ruth 2:23
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
WEB World English Bible
So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.
ASV American Standard Version
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And she cleaveth to the young women of Boaz to glean, till the completion of the barley-harvest, and of the wheat-harvest, and she dwelleth with her mother-in-law.
Surrounding context — Ruth 2
20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed [be] he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man [is] near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
21 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.
22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, [It is] good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.
23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתִּדְבַּ֞קH1692 · da.vaqto cleaveבְּנַעֲר֥וֹתH5291 · na.a.rahmaidenבֹּ֙עַז֙H1162 · bo.azBoazלְלַקֵּ֔טH3950 · la.qatto gatherעַד־H5704 · adtillכְּל֥וֹתH3615 · ka.lahto end: finishקְצִֽיר־H7105 · qa.tsirharvestהַשְּׂעֹרִ֖יםH8184 · se.o.rahbarleyוּקְצִ֣ירH7105 · qa.tsirharvestהַֽחִטִּ֑יםH2406 · chit.tahwheatוַתֵּ֖שֶׁבH3427 · ya.shavto dwellאֶת־H854 · etwithחֲמוֹתָֽהּ׃H2545 · cha.motmother-in-law
Cross-references
Ephesians 6:1-3Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.Proverbs 13:1A wise son [heareth] his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.Deuteronomy 16:9Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from [such time as] thou beginnest [to put] the sickle to the corn.Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.Proverbs 6:6-8Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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