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Ruth 2:7

World English Bible

She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she rested a little in the house.”

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Ruth 2:7 in other translations

and she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, save that she tarried a little in the house.

Ruth 2:7 · American Standard Version

Ruth 2:7 in context

  1. 5Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, “Whose young lady is this?”
  2. 6The servant who was set over the reapers answered, “It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.
  3. 7She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she rested a little in the house.”
  4. 8Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Don’t go to glean in another field, and don’t go from here, but stay here close to my maidens.
  5. 9Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them. Haven’t I commanded the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink from that which the young men have drawn.”