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Ruth 2:6

MoabNaomiMoab
The stranger and outcast

4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.

5 And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”

The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.

7 She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”

8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
KJV
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:
WEB
The servant who was set over the reapers answered, “It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.
ASV
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:
DARBY
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish maiden who came back with Naomi out of the fields of Moab;
BLB
And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, “A young woman, a Moabitess, she [is], the one returning with Naomi from a field of Moab.
ÅB
Tjeneren som var satt over høstfolkene, svarte: Det er den unge moabittinne som har fulgt No'omi tilbake fra Moabs land;
OTB
Oppsynsmannen svarte: «Hun er den unge moabittkvinnen som kom tilbake med Noomi fra Moabs land.
B1930
Tjeneren som var satt over høstfolkene, svarte: Det er den unge moabittinne som har fulgt No'omi tilbake fra Moabs land;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ruth 1:22

    So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

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  • Matthew 24:45

    Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?

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  • Genesis 39:4

    Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.

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  • Ruth 1:19

    So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

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  • Ruth 1:16

    But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

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  • Matthew 20:8

    When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’

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  • Genesis 24:2

    So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

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  • Genesis 15:2

    But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

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