Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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,
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.
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 Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, "Whose young lady is this?" 6 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. 7 She said, 'Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.' So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house."
Cross References
Ruth 1:22
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.
Genesis 15:2
Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
Genesis 24:2
Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.
Genesis 39:4
Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
Ruth 1:16
Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;
Ruth 1:19
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. It happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they asked, "Is this Naomi?"
Matthew 20:8
When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'
Matthew 24:45
"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?