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Ruth 2:15-16
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Ruth 2:15-16
New English Translation
15 When she got up to gather grain, Boaz told[a] his male servants, “Let her gather grain even among[b] the bundles. Don’t chase her off![c] 16 Make sure you pull out[d] ears of grain for her and drop them so she can gather them up. Don’t tell her not to!”[e]
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- Ruth 2:15 tn Or “commanded” (so KJV, NASB, NCV).
- Ruth 2:15 tn Heb “even between”; NCV “even around.”
- Ruth 2:15 tn Heb “do not humiliate her”; cf. KJV “reproach her not”; NASB “do not insult her”; NIV “don’t embarrass her.” This probably refers to a verbal rebuke which would single her out and embarrass her (see v. 16). See R. L. Hubbard, Jr., Ruth (NICOT), 176-77, and F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther (WBC), 126.
- Ruth 2:16 tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis. Here שָׁלַל (shalal, “pull out”) is a homonym of the more common Hebrew verb meaning “to plunder.” An Arabic cognate is used of drawing a sword out of a scabbard (see BDB 1021 s.v.).
- Ruth 2:16 tn Heb “do not rebuke her” (so NASB, NRSV); CEV “don’t speak harshly to her”; NLT “don’t give her a hard time.”
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