Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and she saith, Let me glean, I pray thee -- and I have gathered among the sheaves after the reapers; and she cometh and remaineth since the morning and till now; she sat in the house a little.
New American Standard Bible
And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ Thus she came and has remained from the morning until now; she has been sitting in the house for a little while.”
King James Version
And 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.
Holman Bible
She asked, ‘Will you let me gather fallen grain among the bundles behind the harvesters?’ She came and has remained from early morning until now, except that she rested a little in the shelter.”
International Standard Version
She asked us, "Please allow me to glean what's left of the grain behind the harvesters.' So she came out and has continued working from dawn until now, except for a short time in a shelter."
A Conservative Version
And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather behind the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she tarried a little in the house.
American Standard Version
And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, save that she tarried a little in the house.
Amplified
And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the
Bible in Basic English
And she said to me, Let me come into the grain-field and take up the grain after the cutters. So she came, and has been here from morning till now, without resting even for a minute.
Darby Translation
and she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers. And she came, and has continued from the morning until now: her sitting in the house has been little as yet.
Julia Smith Translation
And she will say, I will gather now; and I collected among the sheaves after the reapers: and she will stand from that time of the morning, and even to this time of her sitting in the house a little
King James 2000
And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she tarried a little in the house.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And she said, 'Please let me glean and let me gather among the sheaves behind the reapers.' So she came and remained from the morning up to now. {She is sitting for a little while in the house}."
Modern King James verseion
And she said, Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. And she came, and has kept on from the morning until now, but that she stayed a little in the house.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and she said, 'Let me, I pray thee, lease and gather after the harvest men, the ears that remain.' And so she came, and hath continued even from the morning unto now, and tarried not long in the house."
NET Bible
She asked, 'May I follow the harvesters and gather grain among the bundles?' Since she arrived she has been working hard from this morning until now -- except for sitting in the resting hut a short time."
New Heart English Bible
She said, 'Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.' So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house."
The Emphasized Bible
and she said - Let me glean, I pray thee, and gather among the sheaves, after the reapers; so she came in, and hath continued from that time, all the morning until just now, and hath not rested in the house, for a little.
Webster
And 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.
World English Bible
She said, 'Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.' So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house."
Themes
Labour » Woman's » Manual labour
Labour » Manual, done by women
Rose » Ruth , the woman of constancy, characteristics of » Industry
Ruth » Receives kindness from boaz
Interlinear
`amad
'az
References
Easton
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ruth 2:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ruth Meets Boaz
6 And the young man who is set over the reapers answereth and saith, 'A young woman -- Moabitess -- she is, who came back with Naomi from the fields of Moab, 7 and she saith, Let me glean, I pray thee -- and I have gathered among the sheaves after the reapers; and she cometh and remaineth since the morning and till now; she sat in the house a little. 8 And Boaz saith unto Ruth, 'Hast thou not heard, my daughter? go not to glean in another field, and also, pass not over from this, and thus thou dost cleave to my young women:
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
Proverbs 15:33
The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom, And before honour is humility!
Proverbs 18:23
With supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.
Proverbs 22:29
Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!
Ecclesiastes 9:10
All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.
Matthew 5:3
Happy the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.
Romans 12:11
in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;
Galatians 6:9
and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding;
Ephesians 5:21
subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.
1 Peter 5:5-6
In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;