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Thursday, August 21st, 2025
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Ruth 2:16

yea moreover, draw out, for her, from the bundles, - and leave behind that she may glean it, and rebuke her not.

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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
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."
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 lo! Boaz coming from Bethlehem, and he said to the reapers, Yahweh, be with you! and they said to him, Yahweh bless thee! 5 Then said Boaz to his young man, that was set over the reapers, - Whose is this maiden? 6 And the young man that was set over the reapers answered and said, - The Moabitish maiden, is she who came back with Naomi, out of the country of Moab; 7 and she said - Let me glean, I pray thee, and gather among the sheaves, after the reapers; so she came in, and hath continued from that time, all the morning until just now, and hath not rested in the house, for a little. 8 And Boaz said unto Ruth - Hearest thou not, my daughter? Do not go to glean in any other field, neither indeed shalt thou pass on, from hence, - but, here, shalt thou keep fast by my maidens: 9 thine eyes, be on the field which they shall reap, and go thou after them, Have I not commanded the young men, that they touch thee not? And, when thou art athirst, then go unto the vessels, and drink of what the young men shall draw. 10 Then she fell upon her face, and bowed herself to the ground, - and said unto him - Wherefore have I found favour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take notice of me, seeing that, I, am, a stranger? 11 And Boaz answered, and said to her, It hath been, told, me - all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law, since the death of thy husband, - and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and come unto a people whom thou knewest not, aforetime. 12 Yahweh recompense thy deed, - and let thy reward be full from Yahweh, the God of Israel, unto whom thou hast come to take refuge under his wings. 13 And she said - Let me find favour in thine eyes, my lord, for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken unto the heart of thy handmaid, - though, I, be not as, one of thine own handmaidens.

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
Thus were finished the heavens and the earth and all their host.
Genesis 2:2
Thus God finished, on the seventh day his work which he had made, and rested, on the seventh day, from all his work which he had made.
Genesis 2:9
And Yahweh God, caused to spring up, out of the ground, every tree pleasant to the sight and good for food, - and the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
1 Samuel 15:22
Then said Samuel - Doth that which is pleasing unto Yahweh consist in ascending-offerings and sacrifices, So much as in hearkening unto the voice of Yahweh? Lo! to hearken, is, better, than, sacrifice. And, to give heed, than, the fat of rams;
1 Timothy 4:4
Because, every creature of God, is good, and nothing to be cast away, if, with thanksgiving, it be received, -
1 Timothy 6:17
Upon them who are rich in the present age, lay thou charge - not to be high-minded, nor to have set their hope on, riches', uncertainty, - but on God, who offereth us all things richly for enjoying,

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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