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Ruth 2:16

And let some heads of grain be pulled out of what has been corded up, and dropped for her to take, and let no sharp word be said to her.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Poor;   Ruth;   Thompson Chain Reference - Brotherly Kindness;   Kindness;   Kindness-Cruelty;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Liberality;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Boaz;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hospitality;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ruth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Agriculture;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gleaning;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Harvest;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gleaning;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Agriculture;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for July 23;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Pull out some stalks from the bundles for her and leave them for her to gather. Don’t rebuke her.”
Hebrew Names Version
Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don't rebuke her.
King James Version
And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
Lexham English Bible
And also pull out for her from your bundles and leave it so that she may glean—and do not rebuke her."
English Standard Version
And also pull out some from the bundles for her and leave it for her to glean, and do not rebuke her."
New Century Version
In fact, drop some full heads of grain for her from what you have in your hands, and let her gather them. Don't tell her to stop."
New English Translation
Make sure you pull out ears of grain for her and drop them so she can gather them up. Don't tell her not to!"
Amplified Bible
"Also you shall purposely pull out for her some stalks [of grain] from the sheaves and leave them so that she may collect them, and do not rebuke her."
New American Standard Bible
"Also you are to purposely slip out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it so that she may glean, and do not rebuke her."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also let fall some of the sheaues for her, and let it lie, yt she may gather it vp, & rebuke her not.
Legacy Standard Bible
Also you shall purposely pull out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her."
Contemporary English Version
Be sure to pull out some stalks of grain from the bundles and leave them on the ground for her. And don't speak harshly to her!"
Complete Jewish Bible
In fact, pull some ears of grain out from the sheaves on purpose. Leave them for her to glean, and don't rebuke her."
Darby Translation
And ye shall also sometimes draw out for her [some ears] out of the handfuls, and leave them that she may glean, and rebuke her not.
Easy-to-Read Version
And make her work easier by dropping some full heads of grain for her. Let her gather that grain. Don't tell her to stop."
George Lamsa Translation
And they let her glean between the sheaves, and they did not harm her.
Literal Translation
And pulling you shall also pull out for her of the bundles, and shall leave; and she shall glean, and you shall not restrain her.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and cast of the sheues vnto her, and let it lye that she maye gather it vp, and se that noman reproue her for it.
American Standard Version
And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And leaue her some of the sheaues for the nonce, and let it lye, that she may gather it vp, and rebuke her not.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And also pull out some for her of purpose from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.'
King James Version (1611)
And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leaue them that she may gleane them, and rebuke her not.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And do ye by all means carry it for her, and ye shall surely let fall for her some of that which is heaped up; and let her eat, and glean, and rebuke her not.
English Revised Version
And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.
Berean Standard Bible
Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
forbede ye not hir, and also `of youre handfuls caste ye forth of purpos, and suffre ye to abide, that sche gadere with out schame; and no man repreue hir gaderynge.
Young's Literal Translation
and also ye do surely cast to her of the handfuls -- and have left, and she hath gleaned, and ye do not push against her.'
Update Bible Version
And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don't rebuke her.
Webster's Bible Translation
And let fall also [some] of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave [them], that she may glean [them], and rebuke her not.
World English Bible
Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don't rebuke her.
New King James Version
Also let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her; leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her."
New Living Translation
And pull out some heads of barley from the bundles and drop them on purpose for her. Let her pick them up, and don't give her a hard time!"
New Life Bible
Pull some grain out of the grain that has been gathered together and leave it for her to gather. And do not speak sharp words to her."
New Revised Standard
You must also pull out some handfuls for her from the bundles, and leave them for her to glean, and do not rebuke her."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
yea moreover, draw out, for her, from the bundles, - and leave behind that she may glean it, and rebuke her not.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And let fall some of your handfuls of purpose, and leave them, that she may gather them without shame, and let no man rebuke her when she gathereth them.
Revised Standard Version
And also pull out some from the bundles for her, and leave it for her to glean, and do not rebuke her."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Also you shall purposely pull out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her."

Contextual Overview

4 And Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the grain-cutters, The Lord be with you. And they made answer, The Lord give you his blessing. 5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was in authority over the cutters, Whose girl is this? 6 And the servant who was in authority over the cutters said, It is a Moabite girl who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab; 7 And she said to me, Let me come into the grain-field and take up the grain after the cutters. So she came, and has been here from morning till now, without resting even for a minute. 8 Then said Boaz to Ruth, Give ear to me, my daughter: do not go to take up the grain in another field, or go away from here, but keep here by my young women: 9 Keep your eyes on the field they are cutting, and go after them; have I not given orders to the young men not to put a hand on you? And when you are in need of drink go to the vessels and take of what the young men have put there. 10 Then she went down on her face to the earth, and said to him, Why have I grace in your eyes, that you give attention to me, seeing I am from a strange people? 11 And Boaz answering said to her, I have had news of everything you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband; how you went away from your father and mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people who are strange to you. 12 The Lord give you a reward for what you have done, and may a full reward be given to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take cover. 13 Then she said, May I have grace in your eyes, my lord, for you have given me comfort, and you have said kind words to your servant, though I am not like one of your servants.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 24:19-21, Psalms 112:9, Proverbs 19:17, Matthew 25:40, Romans 12:13, 2 Corinthians 8:5-11, Philemon 1:7, Hebrews 6:10, 1 John 3:17, 1 John 3:18

Reciprocal: Leviticus 23:22 - General Judges 15:4 - caught three

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.
Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of his orders? Truly, to do his pleasure is better than to make offerings, and to give ear to him than the fat of sheep.
1 Timothy 4:4
Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:
1 Timothy 6:17
Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And let fall some of the handfuls on purpose for her,.... That is, when they had reaped an handful, instead of laying it in its proper order, to be taken up by those that gathered after them, or by themselves, in order to be bound up in sheaves, scatter it about, or let it fall where they reaped it:

and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not for taking them, as if she did a wrong thing.


 
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