King James Version
Ruth 2:21 in the King James Version says “And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my ha...” — study this verse from Ruth chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.”
Ruth 2:21 · KJV
And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. one of: or, one that hath right to redeem
And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field. meet: or, fall upon thee
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“by my young men”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“unto me also Thou shalt keep fast”
H1692properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“until they have ended”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
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