Ruth 2:23
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2:23So Ruth87 worked beside88 Boaz’s female servants, gathering grain until the end of the barley harvest as well as the wheat harvest.89 After that she stayed home with her mother-in-law.90
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- 87 Heb “she”; the referent (Ruth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 88 Heb “and she stayed close with”; , , “stayed close to”; “continued working closely with.”
- 89 Barley was harvested from late March through late April, wheat from late April to late May (O. Borowski, Agriculture in Ancient Israel, 88, 91).
- 90 Heb “and she lived with her mother-in-law” (so ). Some interpret this to mean that she lived with her mother-in-law while working in the harvest. In other words, she worked by day and then came home to Naomi each evening. Others understand this to mean that following the harvest she stayed at home each day with Naomi and no longer went out looking for work (see F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther [], ). Others even propose that she lived away from home during this period, but this seems unlikely. A few Hebrew (so also Latin ) support this view by reading, “and she returned to her mother-in-law.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
So she kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
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So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Ruth stayed close to Boaz’s female servants and gathered grain until the barley and the wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
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NLTNew Living Translation
So Ruth worked alongside the women in Boaz’s fields and gathered grain with them until the end of the barley harvest. Then she continued working with them through the wheat harvest in early summer. And all the while she lived with her mother-in-law.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
So she stayed close with the maidservants of Boaz to glean until the end of the barley harvest and wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
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KJV 1900King James Version
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
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