82 On the force of the phrase גָּם כִּי (gam ki) here, see F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther (), .
83 Heb “with the servants who are mine you may stay close.” The imperfect has a permissive nuance here. The word “servants” is masculine plural.
84 Heb “until they have finished all the harvest which is mine”; “until they finish harvesting all my grain.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Ruth the Moabite said, “Besides, he said to me, ‘You shall keep close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Ruth the Moabite said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished all of my harvest.’ ”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Ruth said, “What’s more, Boaz even told me to come back and stay with his harvesters until the entire harvest is completed.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Ruth the Moabite said, “Also, he said to me, ‘You shall stay close with the servants which are mine until they have finished all of the harvest which is mine.’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

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