路得记 2:13

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

路得說：“主人啊，但願我在你眼前蒙恩，雖然我連你的婢女都不是，你還是安慰我，對我這麼好。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
路 得 说 ： 我 主 啊 ， 愿 在 你 眼 前 蒙 恩 。 我 虽 然 不 及 你 的 一 个 使 女 ， 你 还 用 慈 爱 的 话 安 慰 我 的 心 。

Contextual Overview

⁴ Soon Boaz came from Bethlehem and greeted his workers, "The Lord be with you!" And the workers answered, "May the Lord bless you!" ⁵ Then Boaz asked his servant in charge of the workers, "Whose girl is that?" ⁶ The servant answered, "She is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab. ⁷ She said, ‘Please let me follow the workers cutting grain and gather what they leave behind.' She came and has remained here, from morning until just now. She has stopped only a few moments to rest in the shelter." ⁸ Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen, my daughter. Don't go to gather grain for yourself in another field. Don't even leave this field at all, but continue following closely behind my women workers. ⁹ Watch to see into which fields they go to cut grain and follow them. I have warned the young men not to bother you. When you are thirsty, you may go and drink from the water jugs that the young men have filled." ¹⁰ Then Ruth bowed low with her face to the ground and said to him, "I am not an Israelite. Why have you been so kind to notice me?" ¹¹ Boaz answered her, "I know about all the help you have given your mother-in-law after your husband died. You left your father and mother and your own country to come to a nation where you did not know anyone. ¹² May the Lord reward you for all you have done. May your wages be paid in full by the Lord , the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for shelter." ¹³ Then Ruth said, "I hope I can continue to please you, sir. You have said kind and encouraging words to me, your servant, though I am not one of your servants."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Let me find: or, I find favour, Genesis 33:8, Genesis 33:10, Genesis 33:15, Genesis 43:14, 1 Samuel 1:18, 2 Samuel 16:4

friendly: Heb. to the heart, Genesis 34:3, Judges 19:3

not like: 1 Samuel 25:41, Proverbs 15:33, Philippians 2:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 23:6 - my lord Genesis 30:27 - favour Genesis 47:25 - let us Ruth 2:10 - Why have Nehemiah 2:5 - and if thy Romans 7:3 - though

Cross-References

Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Isaiah 11:11
At that time the Lord will again reach out and take his people who are left alive in Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Cush, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the islands of the sea.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then she said, let me find favour in thy sight, my lord,.... Or rather, since she had found favour in his sight already: the words are to be considered, not as a wish for it, but as acknowledging it, and expressing her faith and confidence, that she should for time to come find favour in his sight, and have other instances of it; for so the words may be rendered, "I shall find favour" z, for which she gives the following reasons:

for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid; had spoken in her commendation, and wished her all happiness here and hereafter; said kind and comfortable words to her, to her very heart, as in Isaiah 40:2 which were cheering, refreshing, and reviving to her:

though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens; not worthy to be one of them, or to be ranked with them, being meaner than the meanest of them, a poor widow, and a Moabitish woman; the Septuagint and Syriac versions leave out the negative particle, and read, "I shall be as one of thine handmaids".

z אמצא חן "inveniam gratiam", Pagninus, Montanus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 2:13. Not like unto one of thine hand-maidens. — I am as unworthy of thy regards as any of thine own maidservants, and yet thou showest me distinguished kindness.