Ruth 2:21

Ruth the Moabite replied, “He even ¹  told me, ‘You may go along beside my servants ²  until they have finished gathering all my harvest!’” ³ 

biblegateway Rut 2:21

Then Ruth the Moabitess said, "He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’"

biblegateway Rut 2:21

Then Ruth the Moabitess said, "Furthermore, he said to me, ‘You should stay close to my servants until they have finished all my harvest.’"

biblegateway Rut 2:21

Then Ruth said, "What’s more, Boaz even told me to come back and stay with his harvesters until the entire harvest is completed."

biblegateway Rut 2:21

Ruth the Moabitess said, "Well, listen to this: He also told me, 'Stick with my workers until my harvesting is finished.'"

SABDAweb Rut 2:21

And Ruth the Moabitess said, Truly, he said to me, Keep near my young men till all my grain is cut.

bibleoremus Rut 2:21

Then Ruth the Moabite said, "He even said to me, ‘Stay close by my servants, until they have finished all my harvest.’"

biblegateway Rut 2:21

Ruth the Moabitess said, "He also said to me, ‘You shall stay close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.’"

biblegateway Rut 2:21

Ruth the Moabite replied, “He even ¹  told me, ‘You may go along beside my servants ²  until they have finished gathering all my harvest!’” ³ 

¹ tn On the force of the phrase גָּם כִּי (gam ki) here, see F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther (WBC), 138-39.

² tn Heb “with the servants who are mine you may stay close.” The imperfect has a permissive nuance here. The word “servants” is masculine plural.

³ tn Heb “until they have finished all the harvest which is mine”; NIV “until they finish harvesting all my grain.”