Thematic Bible
Ruth 2:1 (show verse)
Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side named Boaz. He was a prominent man of noble character from Elimelech’s family.
Ruth 2:2 (show verse)
Ruth the Moabitess asked Naomi, “Will you let me go into the fields and gather fallen grain behind someone who allows me to?”
Naomi answered her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”
Naomi answered her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”
Ruth 2:3 (show verse)
So Ruth left and entered the field to gather grain behind the harvesters. She happened to be in the portion of land belonging to Boaz, who was from Elimelech’s family.
Ruth 2:4 (show verse)
Later, when Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, he said to the harvesters, “The Lord be with you.”
“The Lord bless you,” they replied.
“The Lord bless you,”
Bethlehem » A city » A city southwest of jerusalem » The city of boaz
Employee » Kindness to
Harvest » Persons engaged in » Reapers
Reaping » Persons engaged in » Visited by the master
Ruth » Receives kindness from boaz
Salutations » Examples of
Salutations » Expressions used as » The lord be with you
Salutations » Expressions used as » The lord bless thee
Salutations » From a master to his servants, "may the lord be with you,"
Salutations » Servants to their masters, "may the lord bless you,"
Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of boaz
Servants » Good--exemplified » Servants of boaz
Social life » Wedding feasts » Examples of
Employee » Kindness to
Harvest » Persons engaged in » Reapers
Reaping » Persons engaged in » Visited by the master
Ruth » Receives kindness from boaz
Salutations » Examples of
Salutations » Expressions used as » The lord be with you
Salutations » Expressions used as » The lord bless thee
Salutations » From a master to his servants, "may the lord be with you,"
Salutations » Servants to their masters, "may the lord bless you,"
Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of boaz
Servants » Good--exemplified » Servants of boaz
Social life » Wedding feasts » Examples of
Ruth 2:5 (show verse)
Boaz asked his servant who was in charge of the harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
Ruth 2:6 (show verse)
The servant answered, “She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
Ruth 2:7 (show verse)
She asked, ‘Will you let me gather fallen grain among the bundles behind the harvesters?’ She came and has remained from early morning until now, except that she rested a little in the shelter.”
Ruth 2:8 (show verse)
Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Don’t go and gather grain in another field, and don’t leave this one, but stay here close to my female servants.
Ruth 2:9 (show verse)
See which field they are harvesting, and follow them. Haven’t I ordered the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
Ruth 2:10 (show verse)
She bowed with her face to the ground and said to him, “Why are you so kind to notice me, although I am a foreigner?”
Ruth 2:11 (show verse)
Boaz answered her, “Everything you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband’s death has been fully reported to me: how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you didn’t previously know.
Ruth 2:12 (show verse)
May the Lord reward you for what you have done, and may you receive a full reward from the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.”
Ruth 2:13 (show verse)
“My lord,” she said, “you have been so kind to me, for you have comforted and encouraged your slave, although I am not like one of your female servants.”
Ruth 2:14 (show verse)
At mealtime Boaz told her, “Come over here and have some bread and dip it in the vinegar sauce.” So she sat beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain. She ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
Corn » Parched
the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Parched corn
the Diet of the jews » Of the poor, frugal
the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Vinegar
Food » Articles of » Parched (roasted) corn (grain)
Food » Articles of » Vinegar
Harvest » Persons engaged in » Fed by the husbandman during
Poor » Kindness to » By boaz
The poor » Regard for--exemplified » Boaz
Reaping » Persons engaged in » Fed by the master who himself presided at their meals
Ruth » Receives kindness from boaz
Vinegar » Used with
the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Parched corn
the Diet of the jews » Of the poor, frugal
the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Vinegar
Food » Articles of » Parched (roasted) corn (grain)
Food » Articles of » Vinegar
Harvest » Persons engaged in » Fed by the husbandman during
Poor » Kindness to » By boaz
The poor » Regard for--exemplified » Boaz
Reaping » Persons engaged in » Fed by the master who himself presided at their meals
Ruth » Receives kindness from boaz
Vinegar » Used with
Ruth 2:15 (show verse)
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.
Ruth 2:16 (show verse)
Pull out some stalks from the bundles for her and leave them for her to gather. Don’t rebuke her.”
Ruth 2:17 (show verse)
So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. She beat out what she had gathered, and it was about 26 quarts of barley.
Diligence » Exemplified » Ruth
Diligence » Figurative » Exemplified » Ruth
Evening » Man ceases from labor in
Measure » An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half
Ruth » Receives kindness from boaz
Threshing » By beating
Virtues » Industry » Examples of
physical Work » Business life » Industry » Examples of
Diligence » Figurative » Exemplified » Ruth
Evening » Man ceases from labor in
Measure » An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half
Ruth » Receives kindness from boaz
Threshing » By beating
Virtues » Industry » Examples of
physical Work » Business life » Industry » Examples of
Ruth 2:18 (show verse)
She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. Then she brought out what she had left over from her meal and gave it to her.
No Themes for this verse.
Ruth 2:19 (show verse)
Then her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you gather barley today, and where did you work? May the Lord bless the man who noticed you.”
Ruth told her mother-in-law about the men she had worked with and said, “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz.”
Ruth told her mother-in-law about the men she had worked with and said, “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz.”
Ruth 2:20 (show verse)
Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the Lord, who has not forsaken his kindness to the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our family redeemers.”
Ruth 2:21 (show verse)
Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished all of my harvest.’”
No Themes for this verse.
Ruth 2:22 (show verse)
So Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his female servants, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”
No Themes for this verse.
Ruth 2:23 (show verse)
Ruth stayed close to Boaz’s female servants and gathered grain until the barley and the wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.