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Ruth 2:9

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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ASV

Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

KJV

Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עֵינַ֜יִךְ'ei.Na.yikheyes yourH5869 →
בַּשָּׂדֶ֤הba.sa.Deh[be] on the fieldH7704 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
יִקְצֹרוּן֙yik.tzo.Runthey are harvesting !H7114 →
וְהָלַ֣כְתִּve.ha.Lakhtand you will goH1980 →
אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן'a.cha.rei.Henbehind themH310 →
הֲל֥וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
צִוִּ֛יתִיtzi.Vi.tihave I commandedH6680 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַנְּעָרִ֖יםha.ne.'a.Rimthe young menH5288 →
לְבִלְתִּ֣יle.vil.Tito notH1115 →
נָגְעֵ֑ךְna.ge.'Ekhto touch youH5060 →
וְצָמִ֗תve.tza.Mitand you will be thirstyH6770 →
וְהָלַכְתְּ֙ve.ha.lakhTand you will goH1980 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַכֵּלִ֔יםha.ke.Limthe vesselsH3627 →
וְשָׁתִ֕יתve.sha.Titand you will drinkH8354 →
מֵאֲשֶׁ֥רme.'a.Shersome of [that] whichH834 →
יִשְׁאֲב֖וּןyish.'a.Vunthey will draw !H7579 →
הַנְּעָרִֽים׃ha.ne.'a.Rimthe young menH5288 →

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1 John 5:18We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.Genesis 20:6Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.1 Corinthians 7:1Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.Proverbs 6:29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.Psalms 105:15“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”Matthew 10:42And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”Genesis 24:18–20“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.Job 19:21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.John 4:7–11When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

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