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Ruth 2:23

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.

KJV

Juncta est itaque puellis Booz : et tamdiu cum eis messuit, donec hordea et triticum in horreis conderentur.

Vulgate

καὶ προσεκολλήθη Ῥοὺθ τοῖς κορασίοις Βόος συλλέγειν ἕως οὗ συνετέλεσεν τὸν θερισμὸν τῶν κριθῶν καὶ τῶν πυρῶν. καὶ ἐκάθισεν μετὰ τῆς πενθερᾶς αὐτῆς.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/תִּדְבַּ֞ק בְּ/נַעֲר֥וֹת בֹּ֨עַז֙ לְ/לַקֵּ֔ט עַד כְּל֥וֹת קְצִֽיר הַ/שְּׂעֹרִ֖ים וּ/קְצִ֣יר הַֽ/חִטִּ֑ים וַ/תֵּ֖שֶׁב אֶת חֲמוֹתָֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Boaz

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
בֹּֽעַז
b'z
proper_noun · 24×
דָבְקָה
dbqh
verb · 54×
הּ
h
pronoun · 11×
חִטִּ֔ים
chtym
noun · 28×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
לִקְט֣וּ
lqtv
verb · 37×
ם
m
verb · 203×
נער
n'r
noun · 75×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
קְצִיר
qtsyr
noun · 53×
שְׂעֹרִ֖ים
sh'rym
noun · 34×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:33 — Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
  • Deut 16:9 — Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
  • Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
  • Exod 9:31 — And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
  • Prov 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
  • Prov 13:1 — A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
  • Prov 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • Prov 31:13 — She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
  • Ruth 1:22 — So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.