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Ruth 2:8

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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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither pass from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens.

KJV

Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

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This verse in Ruth 2

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Then said Boaz unto Ruth,.... Having heard what the servant said concerning her, he turned himself to her, and addressed her in the following manner: hearest thou not, my daughter? meaning not what the servant had said, but hereby exciting her to hearken to what he was about to say to her. Noldius (w) takes the particle to signify beseeching and entreating, and renders the words, "hear, I pray thee, my daughter".

This site's exposition

Listen, my daughter

on Ruth 2:8-9

Boaz calls her "my daughter", Naomi's word for her at 1:11 and 2:2. He gives her a field to work, his servant girls for company, a charge on the young men, and water she did not draw. "I have ordered the young men not to touch you" states what a foreign widow alone could expect in the generation of Judges 19.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

She was a stranger, and it is probably her language, dress, and mien differed much from theirs; but he charged them that they should not in any thing affront her, or be abusive to her, as rude servants are too apt to be to strangers.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Abide here fast by my maidens - These were probably employed in making bands, and laying on them enough to form a sheaf, which the binders would tie and form into shocks or thraves. When the maidens had gathered up the scattered handfuls thrown down by the reapers, Ruth picked up any straggling heads or ears which they had left.
The grammatical forms of the verbs “go hence” and “abide,” are unique and Chaldaic. They are supposed to indicate the dialect used at Bethlehem in the time of Boaz.

The words behind it

20 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.

  • וַיֹּאמֶר֩and he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • בֹּ֨עַזBoaz

    boazH1162 →24 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • ר֜וּתRuth

    rutH7327 →12 times

  • הֲל֧וֹא¿ not

    halo'H3808 →5168 times

  • שָׁמַ֣עַתְּhave you heard

    shamaatH8085 →

  • בִּתִּ֗יO daughter my

    bitiH1323 →588 times

  • אַל־may not

    ʾal-H408 →724 times

  • תֵּלְכִי֙you go

    telekhiH1980 →1546 times

  • לִלְקֹט֙to glean

    lilkotH3950 →37 times

  • בְּשָׂדֶ֣הin a field

    besadehH7704 →334 times

  • אַחֵ֔רanother

    ʾacherH312 →

  • וְגַ֛םand also

    vegamH1571 →769 times

  • לֹ֥אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • תַעֲבוּרִ֖יyou must pass on

    taavuriH5674 →

  • מִזֶּ֑הfrom this [field]

    mizehH2088 →

  • וְכֹ֥הand thus

    vekhohH3541 →577 times

  • תִדְבָּקִ֖יןyou will stay !

    tidbakinH1692 →54 times

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • נַעֲרֹתָֽי׃female servants my

    naarotaiH5291 →63 times

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

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 5:13Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”5 worksSong of Solomon 1:7–8Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?4 worksRuth 3:2Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.4 works1 Samuel 3:16but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.3 worksMatthew 9:2Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”3 worksMatthew 9:22Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.3 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Philippians 4:8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.3 works1 Samuel 3:6Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”3 worksMatthew 10:7–11As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’3 works

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

    Matthew 9:2

    Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

    it leads to

    • Mark 2:1–12

      A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,

    • Luke 5:18–26

      Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,

    • Jeremiah 31:33–34

      “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And…

    • Matthew 9:22

      Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.

    • Psalms 32:1–2

      Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

  • Through

    Matthew 9:22

    Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.

    it leads to

    • Luke 7:50

      And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

    • Matthew 15:28

      “O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

    • Matthew 9:2

      Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

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; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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