Ruth 2:16

Generosity Poverty and the vulnerable Mercy and compassion The stranger and outcast

¹⁴ At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.

¹⁵ When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.

Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”

¹⁷ So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.

¹⁸ She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”
KJV: And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
WEB: Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it. Let her glean, and don’t rebuke her.”
ASV: And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.
DARBY: And ye shall also sometimes draw out for her [some ears] out of the handfuls, and leave them that she may glean, and rebuke her not.
BLB: And also you⁺ shall surely draw out for her from the bundles and you⁺ shall leave [them], and shall let her glean. And you⁺ shall not rebuke her.”

ÅB: Dere skal endog trekke aks ut av kornbåndene til henne og la dem ligge så hun kan sanke dem opp, og dere skal ikke skjenne på henne.
OTB: Dra også ut noen strå for henne fra buntene og la dem ligge for henne å sanke, og irettesett henne ikke.»
B1930: I skal endog trekke aks ut av kornbåndene til henne og la dem ligge så hun kan sanke dem op, og I skal ikke skjenne på henne.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 12:13
Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
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1 John 3:17–18
If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
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Deuteronomy 24:19–21
If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
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Matthew 25:40
And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
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Proverbs 19:17
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
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Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
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Philemon 1:7
I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.
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Psalms 112:9
He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
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