Ruth 2:21

And Ruth the Moabitess said,—Yea for he said unto me—By my young men, shalt thou keep fast, until they have ended all my harvest.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

20Then said Naomi, to her daughter-in-law—Blessed, be he of Yahweh, who hath not left off his lovingkindness to the living, and to the dead. And Naomi said to her—Near to us, is the man, of our own kinsmen, is he!

22And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law,—Good, is it, my daughter, that thou go forth with his maidens, and that they meet thee not, in any other field.

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Ruth 2:22And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law,—Good, is it, my daughter, that thou go forth with his maidens, and that they meet thee not, in any other 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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