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Ruth 2:2

And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

KJV

Dixitque Ruth Moabitis ad socrum suam : Si jubes, vadam in agrum, et colligam spicas quæ fugerint manus metentium, ubicumque clementis in me patrisfamilias reperero gratiam. Cui illa respondit : Vade, filia mea.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Ῥοὺθ ἡ Μωαβεῖτις πρὸς Νωεμείν Πορευθῶ δὴ εἰς ἀγρόν, καὶ συνάξω ἐν τοῖς στάχυσιν κατόπισθεν οὗ ἐὰν εὕρω χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ. εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῇ Πορεύου, θυγάτηρ.

LXX

And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

ASV

וַ/תֹּאמֶר֩ ר֨וּת הַ/מּוֹאֲבִיָּ֜ה אֶֽל נָעֳמִ֗י אֵֽלְכָה נָּ֤א הַ/שָּׂדֶה֙ וַ/אֲלַקֳטָּ֣ה בַ/שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים אַחַ֕ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶמְצָא חֵ֖ן בְּ/עֵינָ֑י/ו וַ/תֹּ֥אמֶר לָ֖/הּ לְכִ֥י בִתִּֽ/י

Hebrew

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In this verse

People RuthNaomi

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
ו
v
noun · 717×
חֵ֖ן
chn
noun · 69×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
לִקְט֣וּ
lqtv
verb · 37×
מּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤ה
mv'byh
noun · 16×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
נָעֳמִ֑י
n'my
proper_noun · 21×
ר֣וּת
rvt
proper_noun · 12×
שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים
shblym
noun · 19×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 5:4 — But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
  • Deut 24:19 — When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that
  • Gen 32:5 — And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
  • Lev 19:9 — And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
  • Lev 19:9 — And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
  • Lev 23:22 — And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave the
  • Prov 31:13 — She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
  • Ruth 2:10 — Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?