Ruth 2:9
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2:9Take note of32 the field where the men33 are harvesting and follow behind with the female workers.34 I will tell the men35 to leave you alone.36 When you are thirsty, you may go to37 the water jars38 and drink some of the water39 the servants draw.”40
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- 32 Heb “let your eyes be upon” (, similar).
- 33 Heb “they.” The verb is masculine plural, indicating that the male workers are the subject here.
- 34 Heb “and go after them.” The pronominal suffix (“them”) is feminine plural, indicating that the female workers are referred to here.
- 35 Male servants are in view here, as the masculine plural form of the noun indicates (cf. , , “the young men”).
- 36 Heb “Have I not commanded the servants not to touch [i.e., “harm”] you?” The idiomatic, negated rhetorical question is equivalent to an affirmation (see v. 8). The perfect is either instantaneous, indicating completion of the action concurrent with the statement (see F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther [], , , who translates, “I am herewith ordering”) or emphatic/rhetorical, indicating the action is as good as done.
- 37 The juxtaposition of two perfects, each with vav consecutive, here indicates a conditional sentence (see §112.kk).
- 38 Heb “vessels (so , , ), receptacles”; “water jugs.”
- 39 Heb “drink [some] of that which” ( similar); in the context “water” is implied.
- 40 The imperfect here either indicates characteristic or typical activity, or anterior future, referring to a future action (drawing water) which logically precedes another future action (drinking).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn.”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
See which field they are harvesting, and follow them. Haven’t I ordered the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
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NLTNew Living Translation
See which part of the field they are harvesting, and then follow them. I have warned the young men not to treat you roughly. And when you are thirsty, help yourself to the water they have drawn from the well.”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Keep your eyes on the field that they reap and go after them. Have I not ordered the servants not to bother you? And if you get thirsty, you shall go to the containers and drink from where the servants have drawn.”
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KJV 1900King James Version
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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