Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Make sure you pull out ears of grain for her and drop them so she can gather them up. Don't tell her not to!"
New American Standard Bible
Also you shall purposely pull out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”
King James Version
And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
Holman Bible
Pull out some stalks from the bundles for her and leave them for her to gather. Don’t rebuke her.”
International Standard Version
One other thing drop some handfuls deliberately, leaving them for her so she can gather it. And don't bother her."
A Conservative Version
And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and do not rebuke her.
American Standard Version
And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.
Amplified
Also you shall purposely pull out for her some stalks [of grain] from the sheaves and leave them so that she may collect them, and do not rebuke her.”
Bible in Basic English
And let some heads of grain be pulled out of what has been corded up, and dropped for her to take, and let no sharp word be said to her.
Darby Translation
And ye shall also sometimes draw out for her some ears out of the handfuls, and leave them that she may glean, and rebuke her not.
Julia Smith Translation
And also draw ye out for her from the sheaves and leave, and she gathering; and ye shall not rebuke her.
King James 2000
And let fall also some of the handfuls on purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And also pull out for her from your bundles and leave [it] so that she may glean--and do not rebuke her."
Modern King James verseion
And also let fall of the handfuls on purpose for her, and leave them so that she may glean them, and do not rebuke her.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And thereto pull out of the sheaves for her and let it lie, that she may gather it up, and rebuke her not."
New Heart English Bible
Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and do not rebuke her."
The Emphasized Bible
yea moreover, draw out, for her, from the bundles, - and leave behind that she may glean it, and rebuke her not.
Webster
And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
World English Bible
Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don't rebuke her."
Youngs Literal Translation
and also ye do surely cast to her of the handfuls -- and have left, and she hath gleaned, and ye do not push against her.'
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ruth 2:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Boaz Speaks With Ruth
15 When she got up to gather grain, Boaz told his male servants, "Let her gather grain even among the bundles! Don't chase her off! 16 Make sure you pull out ears of grain for her and drop them so she can gather them up. Don't tell her not to!" 17 So she gathered grain in the field until evening. When she threshed what she had gathered, it came to about thirty pounds of barley!
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:19-21
Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the Lord your God may bless all the work you do.
Psalm 112:9
He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored.
Proverbs 19:17
The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.
Matthew 25:40
And the king will answer them, 'I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.'
Romans 12:13
Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.
2 Corinthians 8:5-11
And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.
1 John 3:17-18
But whoever has the world's possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person?