King James Version
Ruth 2:8 in the King James Version says “Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but ab...” — study this verse from Ruth chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:”
Ruth 2:8 · KJV
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Boaz”
H1162boaz, the ancestor of david; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“Hearest”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“thou not my daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“not to glean”
H3950properly, to pick up, i.e., (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“neither go”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“from hence but abide”
H1692properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
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