Ruth 2:12

The LORD recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you are come to trust.

Updated King James Version

In The King James Version

The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

In Context

11And Boaz answered and said unto her, It has fully been showed me, all that you have done unto your mother in law since the death of yours husband: and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your nativity, and are come unto a people which you knew not in time past.

13Then she said, Let me find favour in your sight, my lord; for that you have comforted me, and for that you have spoken friendly unto yours handmaid, though I be not like unto one of yours handmaidens.

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Cross References

Ruth 1:16And Ruth said, Implore me not to leave you, or to return from following after you: for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge: your people shall be my people, and your God my God:

1 Samuel 24:20And now, behold, I know well that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in yours hand.

Psalms 19:11Moreover by them is your servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Psalms 57:1Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusts in you: yea, in the shadow of your wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities pass over.

Psalms 61:4I will abide in your tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of your wings. Selah.

Psalms 91:4He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you trust: his truth shall be your shield and buckler.

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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