Ruth 2:7

וַתֹּאמֶר אֲלַקֳטָה ־ נָּא וְאָסַפְתִּי בָֽעֳמָרִים אַחֲרֵי הַקּוֹצְרִים וַתָּבוֹא וַֽתַּעֲמוֹד מֵאָז הַבֹּקֶר וְעַד ־ עַתָּה זֶה שִׁבְתָּהּ הַבַּיִת מְעָֽט ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The 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.

In Context

6וַיַּעַן הַנַּעַר הַנִּצָּב עַל ־ הַקּוֹצְרִים וַיֹּאמַר נַעֲרָה מֽוֹאֲבִיָּה הִיא הַשָּׁבָה עִֽם ־ נָעֳמִי מִשְּׂדֵה מוֹאָֽב ׃

8וַיֹּאמֶר בֹּעַז אֶל ־ רוּת הֲלוֹא שָׁמַעַתְּ בִּתִּי אַל ־ תֵּלְכִי לִלְקֹט בְּשָׂדֶה אַחֵר וְגַם לֹא תַעֲבוּרִי מִזֶּה וְכֹה תִדְבָּקִין עִם ־ נַעֲרֹתָֽי ׃

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:4מִתְאַוָּה וָאַיִן נַפְשׁוֹ עָצֵל וְנֶפֶשׁ חָרֻצִים תְּדֻשָּֽׁן ׃

Proverbs 18:23תַּחֲנוּנִים יְדַבֶּר ־ רָשׁ וְעָשִׁיר יַעֲנֶה עַזּֽוֹת ׃

Ecclesiastes 9:10כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תִּמְצָא יָֽדְךָ לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּכֹחֲךָ עֲשֵׂה כִּי אֵין מַעֲשֶׂה וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן וְדַעַת וְחָכְמָה בִּשְׁאוֹל אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה הֹלֵךְ שָֽׁמָּה ׃ ס

Matthew Henry on Ruth 2:5-17

The Kindness of Boaz to Ruth. ( b. c. 1312.) 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee. 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? 6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and… Read the whole commentary →

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