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Ruth 2:7

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

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

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.

9 Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”

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BSB
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.”
KJV
And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
WEB
She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she rested a little in the house.”
ASV
And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, save that she tarried a little in the house.
DARBY
and she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers. And she came, and has continued from the morning until now: her sitting in the house has been little as yet.
BLB
And she said, ‘Let me glean, please, and gather among the sheaves after the reapers.’ And she came and remained from the morning and until now, though she rested in the house a little.”
ÅB
hun sa: La meg få sanke opp og samle aks mellom kornbåndene etter høstfolkene! Så kom hun og har stått her fra imorges like til nå; hun har bare sittet en liten stund i huset.
OTB
Hun spurte: ‘La meg få sanke og samle blant kornbåndene etter høstfolkene.’ Hun har vært her fra morgen til nå, bortsett fra en kort hvile i skjulet.»
B1930
hun sa: La mig få sanke op og samle aks mellem kornbåndene efter høstfolkene! Så kom hun og har stått her fra imorges like til nu; hun har bare sittet en liten stund i huset.

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