Ruth 2:22
And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.
KJV
Cui dixit socrus : Melius est, filia mea, ut cum puellis ejus exeas ad metendum, ne in alieno agro quispiam resistat tibi.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Νωεμεὶν πρὸς Ῥοὺθ τὴν νύμφην αὐτῆς Ἀγαθόν, θυγάτηρ, ὅτι ἐπορεύθης μετὰ τῶν κορασίων αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἀπαντήσονταί σοι ἐν ἀγρῷ ἑτέρῳ.
LXX
And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, and that they meet thee not in any other field.
ASV
וַ/תֹּ֥אמֶר נָעֳמִ֖י אֶל ר֣וּת כַּלָּתָ֑/הּ ט֣וֹב בִּתִּ֗/י כִּ֤י תֵֽצְאִי֙ עִם נַ֣עֲרוֹתָ֔י/ו וְ/לֹ֥א יִפְגְּעוּ בָ֖/ךְ בְּ/שָׂדֶ֥ה אַחֵֽר
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Prov 27:10 — Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
- Song 1:8 — If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.