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Boaz Meets Ruth

Ruth 2:23

In 11 translations

BSB
So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
KJV
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
WEB
So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.
ASV
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
LSV
And she cleaves to the young women of Boaz to glean, until the completion of the barley-harvest, and of the wheat-harvest, and she dwells with her mother-in-law.
YLT
And she cleaveth to the young women of Boaz to glean, till the completion of the barley-harvest, and of the wheat-harvest, and she dwelleth with her mother-in-law.
DBY
So she kept with the maidens of Boaz to glean, until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
DRC
So she kept close to the maids of Booz: and continued to glean with them, till all the barley and the wheat were laid up in the barns.
GNV
Then she kept her by the maides of Boaz, to gather vnto the end of barly haruest, and of wheate haruest, and dwelt with her mother in lawe.
JPS
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
LXXE
And Ruth joined herself to the damsels of Booz to glean until they had finished the barley-harvest and the wheat-harvest.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתִּדְבַּ֞ק בְּנַעֲר֥וֹת בֹּ֨עַז֙ לְלַקֵּ֔ט עַד־כְּל֥וֹת קְצִֽיר־הַשְּׂעֹרִ֖ים וּקְצִ֣יר הַֽחִטִּ֑ים וַתֵּ֖שֶׁב אֶת־חֲמוֹתָֽהּ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ προσεκολλήθη Ῥοὺθ τοῖς κορασίοις τοῦ Βοὸζ τοῦ συλλέγειν, ἕως τοῦ συντελέσαι τὸν θερισμὸν τῶν κριθῶν καὶ τῶν πυρῶν.

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  • Ephesians 6:1–3Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”
  • Proverbs 6:6–8Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
  • Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
  • Proverbs 13:1A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
  • Deuteronomy 16:9You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.

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