Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the young man that was set to oversee the harvest men answered and said, "It is the Moabitish damsel that came with Naomi out of the country of Moab,
New American Standard Bible
The servant
King James Version
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
Holman Bible
The servant answered, “She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
International Standard Version
The foreman of the harvesters answered, "She is the Moabite who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.
A Conservative Version
And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabite damsel who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.
American Standard Version
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
Amplified
The servant in charge of the reapers answered, “She is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.
Bible in Basic English
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;
Darby Translation
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish maiden who came back with Naomi out of the fields of Moab;
Julia Smith Translation
And the young man set over the reapers will answer and say, The Moabitess maiden; she turned back with Naomi from the field of Moab.
King James 2000
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabite young woman that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And {the servant in charge of the reapers} said, "She [is] a Moabite girl returning with Naomi from the countryside of Moab.
Modern King James verseion
And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the girl from Moab who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.
NET Bible
The servant in charge of the harvesters replied, "She's the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the region of Moab.
New Heart English Bible
The servant who was set over the reapers answered, "It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.
The Emphasized Bible
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;
Webster
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi from the country of Moab:
World English Bible
The servant who was set over the reapers answered, "It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the young man who is set over the reapers answereth and saith, 'A young woman -- Moabitess -- she is, who came back with Naomi from the fields of Moab,
Themes
Reaping » Persons engaged in » Under the guidance of a steward
Rose » Ruth , the woman of constancy, characteristics of » Industry
Interlinear
Natsab
Qatsar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ruth 2:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ruth Meets Boaz
5 Then said Boaz unto the young man that had the oversight of the harvest men, "Whose damsel is this?" 6 And the young man that was set to oversee the harvest men answered and said, "It is the Moabitish damsel that came with Naomi out of the country of Moab, 7 and she said, 'Let me, I pray thee, lease and gather after the harvest men, the ears that remain.' And so she came, and hath continued even from the morning unto now, and tarried not long in the house."
Cross References
Ruth 1:22
And the time when Naomi with Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, returned out of the country of Moab and came to Bethlehem was in the beginning of barley harvest.
Genesis 15:2
And Abram answered, "LORD Jehovah, what wilt thou give me? I go childless, and the cater of mine house, this Eliezer of Damascus, hath a son."
Genesis 24:2
And he said unto his eldest servant of his house which had the rule over all that he had, "Put thy hand under my thigh
Genesis 39:4
Wherefore he found grace in his master's sight, and served him. And his master made him ruler of his house, and put all that he had in his hand.
Ruth 1:16
But Ruth said, "Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from after thee. For whither thou goest, I will go. And where thou dwellest, there I will dwell. Thy people are my people, and thy God is my God.
Ruth 1:19
And so they went both together until they came to Bethlehem. And when they were come to Bethlehem, it was noised through all the city, and the women said, "Is not this Naomi?"
Matthew 20:8
When even was come, the Lord of the vineyard said unto his steward, 'Call the laborers, and give them their hire, beginning at the last, till thou come to the first.'
Matthew 24:45
If there be any faithful servant and wise, whom his master hath made ruler over his household, for to give them meat in season convenient;