King James Version
Ruth 2:16 in the King James Version says “And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.” — study this verse from Ruth chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.”
Ruth 2:16 · KJV
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.
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
And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“them that she may glean”
H3950properly, to pick up, i.e., (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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