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Ruth 2:6

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:

KJV

Cui respondit : Hæc est Moabitis, quæ venit cum Noëmi, de regione Moabitide,

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπεκρίθη τὸ παιδάριον τὸ ἐφεστὸς ἐπὶ τοὺς θερίζοντας καὶ εἶπεν Ἡ παῖς ἡ Μωαβεῖτίς ἐστιν, ἡ ἀποστραφεῖσα μετὰ Νωεμεὶν ἐξ ἀγροῦ Μωάβ·

LXX

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:

ASV

וַ/יַּ֗עַן הַ/נַּ֛עַר הַ/נִּצָּ֥ב עַל הַ/קּוֹצְרִ֖ים וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר נַעֲרָ֤ה מֽוֹאֲבִיָּה֙ הִ֔יא הַ/שָּׁ֥בָה עִֽם נָעֳמִ֖י מִ/שְּׂדֵ֥ה מוֹאָֽב

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Naomi

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤ה
mv'byh
noun · 16×
מוֹאָ֔ב
mv'b
proper_noun · 180×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
נִצָּ֥ב
ntsb
verb · 74×
נָעֳמִ֑י
n'my
proper_noun · 21×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
נער
n'r
noun · 75×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×
תִּקְצַ֥ר
tqtsr
verb · 51×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Matt 24:45 — Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
  • 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.