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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

路得记 2:9

你看他們在哪塊田裡收割,就跟著女傭人去。我不是已經吩咐僕人不可欺負你嗎?假如你渴了,就到水缸那裡去,喝僕人打來的水。”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ruth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Harvest, the;   Reaping;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Boaz;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hospitality;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Economic Life;   Reap;   Ruth;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gleaning;  

Encyclopedias:

- Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Agriculture;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for July 24;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 的 仆 人 在 那 块 田 收 割 , 你 就 跟 着 他 们 去 。 我 已 经 吩 咐 仆 人 不 可 欺 负 你 ; 你 若 渴 了 , 就 可 以 到 器 皿 那 里 喝 仆 人 打 来 的 水 。

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

touch thee: Genesis 20:6, Job 19:21, Psalms 105:15, Proverbs 6:29, 1 Corinthians 7:1, 1 John 5:18

go: Genesis 24:18-20, Matthew 10:42, John 4:7-11

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.
Genesis 2:9
The Lord God caused every beautiful tree and every tree that was good for food to grow out of the ground. In the middle of the garden, God put the tree that gives life and also the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat the fruit from the tree which gives the knowledge of good and evil. If you ever eat fruit from that tree, you will die!"
Genesis 3:3
But God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch it, or you will die.'"
Deuteronomy 6:25
The right thing for us to do is this: Obey all these rules in the presence of the Lord our God, as he has commanded."
Proverbs 3:18
As a tree produces fruit, wisdom gives life to those who use it, and everyone who uses it will be happy.
Proverbs 11:30
A good person gives life to others; the wise person teaches others how to live.
Isaiah 44:25
I show that the signs of the lying prophets are false; I make fools of those who do magic. I confuse even the wise; they think they know much, but I make them look foolish.
Isaiah 47:10
You do evil things, but you feel safe and say, ‘No one sees what I do.' Your wisdom and knowledge have fooled you. You say to yourself, ‘I am God, and no one is equal to me.'
Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of the tree falling when I brought it down to the place of the dead. It went to join those who have gone down to the grave. Then all the trees of Eden and the best trees of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were comforted in the place of the dead below the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let thine eyes be upon the field that they do reap, and go thou after them,.... And gather up the loose ears of corn dropped and left by them:

have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? do her no hurt, or offer any incivility or rudeness to her, or even play any wanton tricks with her, as is too common with young persons in the fields at harvest time. This charge he now gave in her hearing, or however suggests that he would, and therefore she might depend upon it she should have no molestation nor any affront given her:

and when thou art athirst: as at such a season of the year, and in the field at such work, and in those hot countries, was frequently the case:

go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn; which they had fetched from wells and fountains in or near the city, and had put into bottles, pitchers, c. for the use of the reapers and gatherers we read of the well of Bethlehem, 2 Samuel 23:15 now she is ordered to go to these vessels, and drink when she pleased, without asking leave of any; and Boaz no doubt gave it in charge to his young men not to hinder her.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

After them - i. e. “after my maidens.” The fields not being divided by hedges, but only by unplowed ridges, it would be easy for her to pass off Boaz’s land without being aware of it, and so find herself among strangers where Boaz could not protect her.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 2:9. The young men that they shall not touch thee — This was peculiarly necessary, as she was a stranger and unprotected.


 
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