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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.”

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ASV

Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly unto thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens.

KJV

Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַ֠תֹּאמֶרVa.to.merand she saidH559 →
אֶמְצָא־'em.tza'-I am findingH4672 →
חֵ֨ןchenfavorH2580 →
בְּעֵינֶ֤יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khain view yourH5869 →
אֲדֹנִי֙'a.do.NiO lord myH113 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
נִֽחַמְתָּ֔נִיni.cham.Ta.niyou have comforted meH5162 →
וְכִ֥יve.Khiand forH3588 →
דִבַּ֖רְתָּdi.Bar.tayou have spokenH1696 →
עַל־'al-toH5921 →
לֵ֣בlev[the] heart ofH3820 →
שִׁפְחָתֶ֑ךָshif.cha.Te.khamaidservant yourH8198 →
וְאָנֹכִי֙ve.'a.no.Khiand IH595 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
אֶֽהְיֶ֔ה'eh.YehI amH1961 →
כְּאַחַ֖תke.'a.Chatlike one ofH259 →
שִׁפְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃shif.cho.Tei.khamaidservants yourH8198 →

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Genesis 30:27But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”1 Samuel 1:18“May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began eating again, and her face was no longer downcast.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 I am a foreigner?”Genesis 34:3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.Philippians 2:3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.Genesis 33:8“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.Genesis 33:15“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”Genesis 43:14May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”1 Samuel 25:41She arose, then bowed facedown and said, “Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”2 Samuel 16:4So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”Genesis 33:10But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.Proverbs 15:33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.Judges 19:3her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.Nehemiah 2:5and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”Genesis 47:25“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”Romans 7:3So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.Genesis 23:6“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

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Ruth and Boaz — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ruth and Boaz — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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