Ruth 2:22

And her mother-in-law said to her, “It is better, my daughter, to go out reaping with his young women, lest in a stranger’s field someone may confront you.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21And Ruth said, “He charged me with this also, that from now on I should join with his reapers until all the crop has been reaped.”

23And so, she joined with the young women of Boaz, and from then on reaped with them, until the barley and the wheat were stored in the barns.

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Cross References

Ruth 2:21And Ruth said, “He charged me with this also, that from now on I should join with his reapers until all the crop has been reaped.”

Song of Solomon 1:8O my love, I have compared you to my company of horsemen against the chariots of Pharaoh.

Matthew Henry on Ruth 2:18-23

Ruth's Report to Naomi. ( b. c. 1312.) 17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. 18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. 19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother in law with… Read the whole commentary →

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