Ruth 2:21

“He told me,” Ruth said, “that I must keep near his young men until they have completed all his harvest.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May the blessing of the Lord rest on this man who has not ceased to show his loving-kindness to the living and to the dead. The man,” she added, “is a near relation of ours.”

22Naomi said to Ruth, “It is best, my daughter, that you should go out with his girls because you might not be as safe in another field.”

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Ruth 2:22Naomi said to Ruth, “It is best, my daughter, that you should go out with his girls because you might not be as safe in another field.”

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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