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Ruth 2:18

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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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And she took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had left after she was sufficed.

KJV

And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

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This verse in Ruth 2

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

And gave to her that she had reserved - As Ruth had received a distinct portion at dinner-time, of which she had more than she could eat, Rth 2:14; it appears she brought the rest home to her mother-in-law, as is here related.

This site's exposition

So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening

on Ruth 2:17-18

The yield, "about an ephah of barley", is one of the book's few measures, and Exodus 16:36 fixes an ephah at ten omers. An omer was one person's manna for a day, so one day of gleaning carried home ten days of bread, a yield Matthew Henry and Keil and Delitzsch call remarkable. In town she first hands Naomi "what she had saved from her meal".

This site's exposition

what she had saved from her meal

Adam Clarke notes that Ruth brought home what was left of the meal Boaz gave her at verse 14. Naomi receives both raw grain and food ready to eat. The woman who came home empty now has plenty.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. 3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

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The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַתִּשָּׂא֙and she lifted [it] up

    vatisa'H5375 →656 times

  • וַתָּב֣וֹאand she went

    vatavo'H935 →2568 times

  • הָעִ֔ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • וַתֵּ֥רֶאand she saw

    vatere'H7200 →

  • חֲמוֹתָ֖הּmother-in-law her

    chamotahH2545 →11 times

  • אֵ֣ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־[that] which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • לִקֵּ֑טָהshe had gleaned

    liketahH3950 →37 times

  • וַתּוֹצֵא֙and she took [it] out

    vatotze'H3318 →1067 times

  • וַתִּתֶּן־and she gave

    vatiten-H5414 →2011 times

  • לָ֔הּto <the> her

    lah

  • אֵ֥ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־[that] which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • הוֹתִ֖רָהshe had left over

    hotirahH3498 →

  • מִשָּׂבְעָֽהּ׃from abundance her

    misaveahH7648 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Timothy 5:4

    But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 6:1–3

      Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

    • John 19:26–27

      When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”

    • Matthew 15:4–6

      For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

    • Genesis 47:12

      Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

    • 1 Timothy 2:3

      This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

  • Through

    Ruth 2:14

    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…

    it leads to

    • Matthew 14:20

      They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

    • Luke 14:12–14

      Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite…

    • Deuteronomy 8:10

      When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.

Where this verse is studied

About Ruth

Ruth and Boaz — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ruth and Boaz — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ruth: the study guide →Read Ruth 2 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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