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Let her pick them up, and don’t give her a hard time!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ruth/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And also pull out some from the bundles for her and leave it for her to glean, and do not rebuke her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ruth/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ruth/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And let fall also <i>some</i> of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave <i>them</i>, that she may glean <i>them</i>, and rebuke her not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ruth/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Also let <i>grain</i> from the bundles fall purposely for her; leave <i>it</i> that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ruth/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Also you are to purposely slip out for her <i>some grain</i> from the bundles and leave <i>it</i> so that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ruth/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Also you shall purposely pull out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ruth/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And also you shall purposely pull out for her <i>some grain</i> from the bundles and leave <i>it</i> that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ruth/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Also you shall purposely pull out for her <i>some grain</i> from the bundles and leave <i>it</i> that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ruth/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Also you shall purposely pull out for her some stalks [of grain] from the sheaves and leave them so that she may collect them, and do not rebuke her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ruth/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Pull out some stalks from the bundles for her and leave them for her to gather. Don’t rebuke her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ruth/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Pull out some stalks from the bundles for her and leave them for her to gather. Don&#8217t rebuke her.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ruth/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ruth/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Be sure to pull out some stalks of grain from the bundles and leave them on the ground for her. And don't speak harshly to her!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ruth/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ruth/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Even pull some grain out of the bundles and leave it for her to gather. Don't give her a hard time about it."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ruth/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />One other thing —drop some handfuls deliberately, leaving them for her so she can gather it. And don't bother her." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ruth/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ruth/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Make sure you pull out ears of grain for her and drop them so she can gather them up. Don't tell her not to!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ruth/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and do not rebuke her."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ruth/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ruth/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it. Let her glean, and don’t rebuke her.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ruth/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and also you surely cast to her of the handfuls—and have left, and she has gleaned, and you do not push against her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ruth/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and also ye do surely cast to her of the handfuls -- and have left, and she hath gleaned, and ye do not push against her.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ruth/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And also draw ye out for her from the sheaves and leave, and she gathering; and ye shall not rebuke her.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ruth/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And let fall some of your handfuls of purpose, and leave them, that she may gather them without shame, and let no man rebuke her when she gathereth them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ruth/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and purposely let fall some from your bundles, and allow them to remain, so that she may gather without blushing, and let no one rebuke her gathering.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ruth/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and even drop some handfuls and leave them for her to glean; do not rebuke her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ruth/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You must also pull out some handfuls for her from the bundles, and leave them for her to glean, and do not rebuke her.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ruth/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they let her glean between the sheaves, and they did not harm her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ruth/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they let her gather from among the sheaves and they did her no harm<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ruth/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And also pull out some for her of purpose from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ruth/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And do ye by all means carry it for her, and ye shall surely let fall for her some of that which is heaped up; and let her eat, and glean, and rebuke her not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ruth/2-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LT1nlCXT1mU?start=406" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ruth/2.htm">Boaz Meets Ruth</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">Rather,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7997.htm" title="7997: šōl- (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To drop, strip, to plunder. A primitive root; to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder.">pull out</a> <a href="/hebrew/7997.htm" title="7997: tā·šōl·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To drop, strip, to plunder. A primitive root; to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder."></a> <a href="/hebrew/lāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">for her</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">some stalks from</a> <a href="/hebrew/6653.htm" title="6653: haṣ·ṣə·ḇā·ṯîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Bundles (of grain). From an unused root apparently meaning to grip; a lock of stalks.">the bundles</a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: wa·‘ă·zaḇ·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">and leave them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3950.htm" title="3950: wə·liq·qə·ṭāh (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To pick or gather up, glean. A primitive root; properly, to pick up, i.e. to gather; specifically, to glean.">for her to gather.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1605.htm" title="1605: ṯiḡ·‘ă·rū- (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To rebuke. A primitive root; to chide.">rebuke</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">her.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9-10</a></span><br />When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. / You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19-21</a></span><br />If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. / When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. / When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/1-16.htm">Ruth 1:16-17</a></span><br />But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. / Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/4-13.htm">Ruth 4:13-17</a></span><br />So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. / Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel. / He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-5.htm">Matthew 1:5</a></span><br />Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-7.htm">Matthew 5:7</a></span><br />Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-38.htm">Luke 6:38</a></span><br />Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-9.htm">Galatians 6:9-10</a></span><br />Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. / Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/2-15.htm">James 2:15-16</a></span><br />Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. / If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/19-17.htm">Proverbs 19:17</a></span><br />Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/22-9.htm">Proverbs 22:9</a></span><br />A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-7.htm">Isaiah 58:7-10</a></span><br />Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? / Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. / Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm">2 Corinthians 9:6-11</a></span><br />Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. / Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver. / And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-16.htm">Hebrews 13:16</a></span><br />And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-17.htm">1 John 3:17-18</a></span><br />If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? / Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19-21</a></b></br> When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/112-9.htm">Psalm 112:9</a></b></br> He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/19-17.htm">Proverbs 19:17</a></b></br> He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/42-35.htm">Bundles</a> <a href="/judges/18-18.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/judges/15-5.htm">Corded</a> <a href="/ruth/2-9.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/judges/15-14.htm">Dropped</a> <a href="/ruth/2-2.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-12.htm">Handfuls</a> <a href="/ruth/2-3.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/ruth/2-8.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/ruth/2-2.htm">Pick</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-9.htm">Pull</a> <a href="/judges/16-14.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/ruth/1-18.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/john/7-1.htm">Purposely</a> <a href="/judges/20-37.htm">Push</a> <a href="/judges/6-27.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/judges/8-16.htm">Sharp</a> <a href="/numbers/9-21.htm">Sometimes</a> <a href="/joshua/2-6.htm">Stalks</a> <a href="/ruth/1-10.htm">Surely</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/13-30.htm">Bundles</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-22.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-5.htm">Corded</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-6.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-26.htm">Dropped</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-9.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-10.htm">Handfuls</a> <a href="/ruth/2-17.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-9.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-33.htm">Pick</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-4.htm">Pull</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-13.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-13.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/john/7-1.htm">Purposely</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-8.htm">Push</a> <a href="/1_samuel/29-3.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-25.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-4.htm">Sharp</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-21.htm">Sometimes</a> <a href="/psalms/91-6.htm">Stalks</a> <a href="/ruth/2-21.htm">Surely</a><div class="vheading2">Ruth 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ruth/2-1.htm">Ruth gleans in the field of Boaz</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ruth/2-4.htm">Boaz takes notice of her</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ruth/2-8.htm">and shows her great favor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ruth/2-18.htm">That which she got, she carries to Naomi</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of ancient Israel, gleaning was a provision in the Mosaic Law (<a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9-10</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19</a>) that allowed the poor and foreigners to gather leftover crops from the fields. Boaz goes beyond the law's requirements by instructing his workers to intentionally pull out stalks for Ruth, demonstrating a spirit of compassion and grace. This act foreshadows the abundant grace found in Jesus Christ, who provides for our needs beyond what we deserve.<p><b>and leave them for her to gather</b><br>Boaz's instructions ensure that Ruth can gather with dignity and without fear of being shamed or harassed. This reflects the biblical principle of caring for the vulnerable and marginalized, as seen throughout Scripture (<a href="/psalms/82-3.htm">Psalm 82:3-4</a>; <a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a>). The act of leaving stalks for Ruth also symbolizes God's provision and care for His people, as He orchestrates circumstances to meet their needs. This mirrors the way God provides for us through His providence and the community of believers.<p><b>Do not rebuke her.”</b><br>Boaz's command to his workers not to rebuke Ruth underscores the importance of treating others with respect and kindness, regardless of their social status or background. In a time when Moabites were often viewed with suspicion and prejudice (<a href="/deuteronomy/23-3.htm">Deuteronomy 23:3-6</a>), Boaz's acceptance of Ruth is a powerful testament to the inclusive nature of God's love. This anticipates the New Testament message of unity and acceptance in Christ, where there is neither Jew nor Gentile (<a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a>). Boaz's actions serve as a type of Christ, who welcomes all who come to Him in faith.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/r/ruth.htm">Ruth</a></b><br>A Moabite widow who has shown loyalty to her mother-in-law, Naomi, by returning with her to Bethlehem. Ruth's character is marked by her faithfulness and hard work.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/boaz.htm">Boaz</a></b><br>A wealthy and influential landowner in Bethlehem, who is a relative of Naomi's deceased husband. He is known for his kindness and adherence to the laws of God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/naomi.htm">Naomi</a></b><br>Ruth's mother-in-law, who has returned to Bethlehem after the death of her husband and sons. She is a key figure in guiding Ruth and seeking her well-being.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/bethlehem.htm">Bethlehem</a></b><br>The setting of the account, a town in Judah where Ruth and Naomi have returned during the barley harvest.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_harvest.htm">The Harvest</a></b><br>The event during which Ruth gleans in the fields of Boaz, setting the stage for her eventual redemption and marriage to Boaz.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a></b><br><a href="/ruth/2-16.htm">Ruth 2:16</a> demonstrates God's provision through Boaz's generosity. We are reminded that God often uses people to fulfill His purposes and provide for others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/k/kindness_and_generosity.htm">Kindness and Generosity</a></b><br>Boaz's actions teach us the importance of kindness and generosity. As Christians, we are called to be generous and to care for those in need.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_small_things.htm">Faithfulness in Small Things</a></b><br>Ruth's diligence in gleaning reflects faithfulness in small tasks, which God honors. We should strive to be faithful in our daily responsibilities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_appointments.htm">Divine Appointments</a></b><br>The meeting of Ruth and Boaz was not by chance but a divine appointment. We should be open to God's leading in our interactions with others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ruth_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ruth 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_true_friendship_biblically.htm">What qualities define true friendship according to the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_asa's_alliance_condemned_uniquely.htm">Why do we see God condemning Asa's alliance with a foreign ruler in 2 Chronicles 16:7, when similar alliances aren't rebuked elsewhere?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_jehu's_message_in_other_sources.htm">Why was Jehu the seer's message (2 Chronicles 19:2) not documented in other contemporary sources if it was crucial enough to confront a king?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_amaziah_threaten_the_prophet.htm">In 2 Chronicles 25:16, what accounts for the rapid shift from listening to the prophet to threatening him, and is this abrupt change consistent with Amaziah's earlier deference to divine guidance?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ruth/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And even of set purpose draw out for her from the bundles, and leave them, and let her glean them, and do not find fault with her.</span> His kindness grows as he sees her, or speaks concerning her. He gives additional injunctions in her favor, both to the young men and to the maidens, though the line of distinction between the two sexes dips at times entirely out of sight. When the sheaf-makers had gathered an armful of stalks, and there seemed to be so clean a sweep that none were left behind, then they were of set purpose (<span class="accented">de industria</span>) to draw out some from the bunches or bundles, and leave them lying. The act of deliberate, as opposed to unintentional, drawing, is expressed by the emphatic repetition of the verb <span class="hebrew">שֹׁל־תָּשֹׁלוּ</span>. The verb thus repeated was a puzzle to the older expositors, inclusive of all the Hebrew commentators. But comparative philology has clearly determined its radical import, and thus illuminated its use in the passage before us. It does not here mean "spoil," though that is its usual signification. Nor can it mean "let fall," as in King James's version. It means <span class="accented">draw out</span>. <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>Do not find fault with her.</span> The word is almost always rendered <span class="accented">rebuke</span> in our English version; but the force of the preposition may be represented thus: "do not chide 'with' her." "It was," says Dr. Andrew Thomson, "a thoughtful and delicate form of kindness to Ruth, thus to increase her gleanings, and yet to make them all appear the fruit of her own industry.... There are persons to be met with in social life who, while possessing the more solid qualities of moral excellence, are singularly deficient in the more graceful. They have honesty, but they have no sensibility; they have truth, but they are strangely wanting in tenderness. They are distinguished by <span class="accented">whatsoever things are just and pure</span>, but not by those which are <span class="accented">lovely and of good report</span>. You have the marble column, but you have not the polish or the delicate tracery on its surface; you have the rugged oak, but you miss the jasmine or the honeysuckle creeping gracefully around it from its roots. But the conduct of Boaz, as we stand and hear him giving these directions to his reapers, proves the compatibility of those two forms of excellence, and how the strong and the amiable may meet and harmonies in the same character. Indeed, they <span class="accented">do</span> always meet in the highest forms of moral greatness" ('Studies on the Book of Ruth,' pp. 119, 120). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ruth/2-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Rather,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pull out</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁל־</span> <span class="translit">(šōl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7997.htm">Strong's 7997: </a> </span><span class="str2">To drop, strip, to plunder</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for her</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">[some stalks] from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the bundles</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצְּבָתִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣə·ḇā·ṯîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6653.htm">Strong's 6653: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bundles (of grain)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and leave</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·zaḇ·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loosen, relinquish, permit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them for her to gather.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלִקְּטָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·liq·qə·ṭāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3950.htm">Strong's 3950: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pick up, to gather, to glean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Do not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rebuke</span><br /><span class="heb">תִגְעֲרוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiḡ·‘ă·rū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1605.htm">Strong's 1605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rebuke</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her.”</span><br /><span class="heb">בָֽהּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ruth/2-16.htm">Ruth 2:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ruth/2-16.htm">Ruth 2:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ruth/2-16.htm">Ruth 2:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ruth/2-16.htm">Ruth 2:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ruth/2-16.htm">Ruth 2:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ruth/2-16.htm">Ruth 2:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ruth/2-16.htm">Ruth 2:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ruth/2-16.htm">Ruth 2:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ruth/2-16.htm">Ruth 2:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ruth/2-16.htm">Ruth 2:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ruth/2-16.htm">OT History: Ruth 2:16 Also pull out some for her (Ru Rut.)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/ruth/2-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ruth 2:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ruth 2:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/ruth/2-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ruth 2:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ruth 2:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>