Ruth 2:15
New International Version
As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves and don’t reprimand her.

New Living Translation
When Ruth went back to work again, Boaz ordered his young men, “Let her gather grain right among the sheaves without stopping her.

English Standard Version
When she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.

Berean Standard Bible
When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.

King James Bible
And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

New King James Version
And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.

New American Standard Bible
When she got up to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not insult her.

NASB 1995
When she rose to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not insult her.

NASB 1977
When she rose to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not insult her.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then she rose to glean, and Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not dishonor her.

Amplified Bible
When she got up to glean, Boaz ordered his servants, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not insult her.

Christian Standard Bible
When she got up to gather grain, Boaz ordered his young men, “Let her even gather grain among the bundles, and don’t humiliate her.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When she got up to gather grain, Boaz ordered his young men, “Let her even gather grain among the bundles, and don’t humiliate her.

American Standard Version
And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And she arose to glean, and Boaz commanded his Servants, and he said: “You shall glean from among the sheaves and do her no harm!”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And she rose up to glean; and Booz charged his young men, saying, Let her even glean among the sheaves, and reproach her not.

Contemporary English Version
When Ruth left to start picking up grain, Boaz told his men, "Don't stop her, even if she picks up grain from where it is stacked.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And she arose from thence, to glean the ears of corn as before. And Booz commanded his servants, saying: If she would even reap with you, hinder her not:

English Revised Version
And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When she got up to gather grain, Boaz ordered his servants, "Let her gather grain even among the bundles. Don't give her any problems.

International Standard Version
After she had left to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, "Allow her to glean also among the cut sheaves, and don't taunt her.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying: 'Let her glean even among the sheaves, and put her not to shame.

Literal Standard Version
And she rises to glean, and Boaz charges his young men, saying, “Even between the sheaves she gleans, and you do not cause her to blush;

Majority Standard Bible
When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.

New American Bible
As she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young people: “Let her glean among the sheaves themselves without scolding her,

NET Bible
When she got up to gather grain, Boaz told his male servants, "Let her gather grain even among the bundles! Don't chase her off!

New Revised Standard Version
When she got up to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, “Let her glean even among the standing sheaves, and do not reproach her.

New Heart English Bible
When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, "Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not humiliate her.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when she had risen to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

World English Bible
When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don’t reproach her.

Young's Literal Translation
And she riseth to glean, and Boaz chargeth his young men, saying, 'Even between the sheaves she doth glean, and ye do not cause her to blush;

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Context
Boaz Meets Ruth
14At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over. 15When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her. 16Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”…

Cross References
Leviticus 23:22
When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.'"

Ruth 2:14
At mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce." So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.

Ruth 2:16
Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her."


Treasury of Scripture

And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

Ruth 2:1
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

reproach [heb] shame

James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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Ruth 2
1. Ruth gleans in the field of Boaz
4. Boaz takes notice of her
8. and shows her great favor
18. That which she got, she carries to Naomi














Verse 15. - And she rose to glean: and Boaz charged his young men, saying, Even between the sheaves let her glean, and do not affront her. Boaz would probably thus speak in the hearing of Ruth herself, so that, without any fear of reproach, she might feel free to take full advantage of the privilege accorded her. Boaz wished her to gather a large gleaning, no doubt rightly conjecturing that there must have been for some time past but little superfluity in the larder of Naomi. The space "between the sheaves," as distinguished from the spaces outside their line, would probably be the part whither the maidens conveyed their collected armfuls, and where they bound them into sheaves. It would thus be the place where there would be the greatest number of 'waifs.' It would also be the place in which unprincipled gleaners might have the best opportunity for stealing from the sheaves. Boaz felt unbounded confidence in Ruth, and said to the reapers, "Affront her not," namely, by saying or insinuating anything to the effect that she was either pilfering, on the one hand, or making herself too forward, on the other. The Vulgate version completely merges out of sight the poetic beauty and tenderness of the injunction by rendering it thus: "Do not hinder her."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When [Ruth] got up
וַתָּ֖קָם (wat·tā·qām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

to glean,
לְלַקֵּ֑ט (lə·laq·qêṭ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3950: To pick up, to gather, to glean

Boaz
בֹּ֨עַז (bō·‘az)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1162: Boaz -- 'quickness', an ancestor of David, also a pillar before the temple

ordered
וַיְצַו֩ (way·ṣaw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

his young men,
נְעָרָ֜יו (nə·‘ā·rāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

“Even if
גַּ֣ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

she gathers
תְּלַקֵּ֖ט (tə·laq·qêṭ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3950: To pick up, to gather, to glean

among
בֵּ֧ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

the sheaves,
הָֽעֳמָרִ֛ים (hā·‘o·mā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6016: A heap, a sheaf, an omer (dry measure)

do not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

insult her.
תַכְלִימֽוּהָ׃ (ṯaḵ·lî·mū·hā)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3637: To wound, to taunt, insult


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