Ruth 2:19
in Ruth 2Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz.
KJV
And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
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This verse in Ruth 2
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then her mother-in-law asked her
on Ruth 2:19-20
The word behind "His kindness" is chesed, her word at 1:8, and here it belongs to God and reaches "the living or the dead". She then names the office, "one of our kinsman-redeemers", the goel of Leviticus 25:25 and 25:48-49, bound to buy back a relative's land or person.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
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.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
): Blessed be he, whoever he was, that did take knowledge of thee, shooting the arrow of prayer at a venture. But more particularly when she was told who it was (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
Where hast thou gleaned today? - It is a good question to ask ourselves in the evening, "Where have I gleaned today?" What improvements have I made in grace or knowledge?
And her mother in law said unto her, where hast thou gleaned today?....
The words behind it
25 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֹּאמֶר֩ | vatomer | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לָ֨הּ | lah | to <the> her | ||
| חֲמוֹתָ֜הּ | chamotah | mother-in-law her | H2545 → | 11 times |
| אֵיפֹ֨ה | ʾeifoh | where? | H375 → | |
| לִקַּ֤טְתְּ | likatt | did you glean | H3950 → | 37 times |
| הַיּוֹם֙ | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וְאָ֣נָה | veanah | and where? | H575 → | |
| עָשִׂ֔ית | ʾasit | did you work | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יְהִ֥י | yehi | may he be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מַכִּירֵ֖ךְ | makirekh | [the one who] paid regard to you | H5234 → | 49 times |
| בָּר֑וּךְ | barukh | blessed | H1288 → | 330 times |
| וַתַּגֵּ֣ד | vataged | and she told | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לַחֲמוֹתָ֗הּ | lachamotah | to mother-in-law her | H2545 → | 11 times |
| אֵ֤ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשְׂתָה֙ | ʾasetah | she had worked | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| עִמּ֔וֹ | imo | with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| וַתֹּ֗אמֶר | vatomer | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שֵׁ֤ם | shem | [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| הָאִישׁ֙ | haish | the man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשִׂ֧יתִי | ʾasiti | I worked | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| עִמּ֛וֹ | imo | with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| הַיּ֖וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בֹּֽעַז׃ | boaz | [is] Boaz | H1162 → | 24 times |
וַתֹּאמֶר֩and she said
vatomerH559 →5305 times
לָ֨הּto <the> her
lah
חֲמוֹתָ֜הּmother-in-law her
chamotahH2545 →11 times
אֵיפֹ֨הwhere?
ʾeifohH375 →
לִקַּ֤טְתְּdid you glean
likattH3950 →37 times
הַיּוֹם֙this day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
וְאָ֣נָהand where?
veanahH575 →
עָשִׂ֔יתdid you work
ʾasitH6213 →2628 times
יְהִ֥יmay he be
yehiH1961 →3559 times
מַכִּירֵ֖ךְ[the one who] paid regard to you
makirekhH5234 →49 times
בָּר֑וּךְblessed
barukhH1288 →330 times
וַתַּגֵּ֣דand she told
vatagedH5046 →370 times
לַחֲמוֹתָ֗הּto mother-in-law her
lachamotahH2545 →11 times
אֵ֤ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁר־whom
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָשְׂתָה֙she had worked
ʾasetahH6213 →2628 times
עִמּ֔וֹwith him
imoH5973 →1050 times
וַתֹּ֗אמֶרand she said
vatomerH559 →5305 times
שֵׁ֤ם[the] name of
shemH8034 →864 times
הָאִישׁ֙the man
haishH376 →1663 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשִׂ֧יתִיI worked
ʾasitiH6213 →2628 times
עִמּ֛וֹwith him
imoH5973 →1050 times
הַיּ֖וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
בֹּֽעַז׃[is] Boaz
boazH1162 →24 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Psalms 41:1Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
it leads to
- Proverbs 19:17
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- Proverbs 14:21
He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
- Acts 20:35
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- 2 Corinthians 9:8–14
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
- Matthew 25:34–39
Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- Proverbs 19:17
Through
Ruth 2:10At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 25:23
When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
- Ruth 2:13
“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
- 1 Samuel 25:23
Through
1 Kings 7:21Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 3:17
Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north…
- 2 Chronicles 3:17
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.