Ruth 2:7-9

Contemporary English Version

⁷ She asked if she could pick up grain left by the harvest workers, and she has been working all morning without a moment's rest.”^[a]

⁸ Boaz went over to Ruth and said, “I think it would be best for you not to pick up grain in anyone else's field. Stay here with the women ⁹ and follow along behind them, as they gather up what the men have cut. I have warned the men not to bother you, and whenever you are thirsty, you can drink from their water jars.”