Ruth 2:23
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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.So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
In other translations
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.So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Hebrew words
וַתִּדְבַּקvatidbakand she stayedH1692בְּנַעֲרוֹתbena'arotwith [the] female servants ofH5291בֹּעַזbo'azBoazH1162לְלַקֵּטlelaketto gleanH3950עַד־'ad-untilH5704כְּלוֹתkelotwas completeH3615קְצִיר־ketzir-[the] harvest ofH7105הַשְּׂעֹרִיםhase'orimthe barley<s>H8184וּקְצִירuketzirand [the] harvest ofH7105הַחִטִּיםhachitimthe wheat<s>H2406וַתֵּשֶׁבvateshevand she dweltH3427אֶת־'et-withH854חֲמוֹתָהּ׃chamotahmother-in-law herH2545
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Related verses
- Ephesians 6:1-31 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”
- Proverbs 13:1A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
- Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Proverbs 6:6-86 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. 7 Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, 8 it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- Deuteronomy 16:9Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.
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People and places
People: Boaz