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Ruth 2:23

Boaz
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21 Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”

22 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”

So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
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BSB
So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
KJV
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.
WEB
So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.
ASV
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.
DARBY
So she kept with the maidens of Boaz to glean, until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
BLB
And she clung with the young women of Boaz, to glean until the end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
ÅB
Så holdt hun seg til Boas' piker og sanket aks til både bygghøsten og hvetehøsten var til ende. Men hun bodde hos sin svigermor.
OTB
Så holdt Rut seg nær de unge kvinnene til Boas for å sanke til slutten av bygg- og hvetehøsten. Og hun bodde med sin svigermor.
B1930
Så holdt hun sig til Boas' piker og sanket aks til både bygghøsten og hvetehøsten var til ende. Men hun bodde hos sin svigermor.

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