# Ruth 2.15 **Book:** [Ruth](/codex/ruth/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 13. Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly unto thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens. 14. And at meal-time Boaz said unto her, Come hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left thereof. > > **15. And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not.** > > 16. And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not. 17. So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. (Ruth 2:13-17, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 13. Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not as one of your servants.” 14. At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left some of it. > > **15. When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don’t reproach her.** > > 16. Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it. Let her glean, and don’t rebuke her.” 17. So she gleaned in the field until evening; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. (Ruth 2:13-17, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 13. Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. Let me: or, I find friendly: Heb. to the heart 14. And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left. > > **15. And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: reproach: Heb. shame her not** > > 16. And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. 17. So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. (Ruth 2:13-17, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 13. And she saith, 'Let me find grace in thine eyes, my lord, because thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken unto the heart of thy maid-servant, and I, I am not as one of thy maid-servants.' 14. And Boaz saith to her, 'At meal-time come nigh hither, and thou hast eaten of the bread, and dipped thy morsel in the vinegar.' And she sitteth at the side of the reapers, and he reacheth to her roasted corn, and she eateth, and is satisfied, and leaveth. > > **15. And she riseth to glean, and Boaz chargeth his young men, saying, 'Even between the sheaves she doth glean, and ye do not cause her to blush;** > > 16. 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.' 17. And she gleaneth in the field till the evening, and beateth out that which she hath gleaned, and it is about an ephah of barley; (Ruth 2:13-17, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** Boaz, giving orders, within the narrator's account - **Audience:** his young men, the reapers - **Location:** the field belonging to Boaz near Beth-lehem (Ruth 2:3) - **Time period:** the days when the judges judged (Ruth 1:1), during the barley harvest, after the midday meal (2:14) ## Theological reading "Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not." Gleaners followed the reapers and picked up what was left (Leviticus 19:9; Deuteronomy 24:19). Among the sheaves was where the gathered harvest lay. Boaz gives Ruth access to what the law did not require him to share, and in the next verse goes further: "pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean" (2:16). The KJV margin renders "reproach her not" literally as "shame her not." Boaz protects Ruth's dignity as well as her food. A foreign widow gleaning in the good part of the field could easily be shamed by the workers, and he forbids it before it happens. The generosity is done quietly. Ruth is not told that handfuls are being dropped for her. She learns its size only at evening, when she beats out "about an ephah of barley" (2:17), enough for Naomi to ask at once, "Where hast thou gleaned to-day?" (2:19). Boaz treats the gleaning law as a floor, not a ceiling. ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.