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Book of Ruth, Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 of Ruth—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Now Naʹo·mi had a kinsman[a]1 of her husband, a man mighty in wealth,2 of the family of E·limʹe·lech, and his name was Boʹaz.[b]3
  2. ¶ In time Ruth the Moʹab·ite woman said to Naʹo·mi: “Let me go, please, to the field and glean4 among the ears of grain following after whoever it is in whose eyes I may find favor.” So she said to her: “Go, my daughter.”
  3. At that she went off and entered and began to glean in the field behind the harvesters.5 Thus by chance she lighted on the tract of the field belonging to Boʹaz,6 who was of the family of E·limʹe·lech.7
  4. And, look! Boʹaz came from Bethʹle·hem and proceeded to say to the harvesters: “Jehovah be with YOU.”8 In turn they would say to him: “Jehovah bless you.”9
  5. ¶ Subsequently Boʹaz10 said to the young man who was set over the harvesters: “To whom does this young woman belong?”
  6. So the young man set over the harvesters answered and said: “The young woman is a Moʹab·i·tess,11 who returned with Naʹo·mi from the field of Moʹab.12
  7. Then she said, ‘Let me glean,13 please, and I shall certainly gather among the cut-off ears of grain behind the harvesters.’ So she entered and kept on her feet from that time in the morning until her sitting down just now in the house a little while.”14
  8. ¶ Later Boʹaz said to Ruth: “You have heard, have you not, my daughter? Do not go away to glean in another field,15 and you must also not cross over from this place, and in that way you should keep close by my young women.16
  9. Let your eyes be on the field that they will harvest, and you must go with them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch17 you? When you are thirsty, you must also go to the vessels and drink from what the young men will draw.”18
  10. ¶ At that she fell upon her face and bowed down to the earth19 and said to him: “How is it I have found favor in your eyes so that I am taken notice of, when I am a foreigner?”20
  11. Then Boʹaz answered and said to her: “The report21 was fully made to me of all that you have done to your mother-in-law after the death of your husband,22 and how you proceeded to leave your father and your mother and the land of your relatives and to go to a people whom you had not known formerly.23
  12. May Jehovah reward the way you act,24 and may there come to be a perfect wage25 for you from Jehovah the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.”26
  13. To this she said: “Let me find favor in your eyes, my lord, because you have comforted me and because you have spoken reassuringly to[c] your maidservant,27 although I myself may not happen to be like one of your maidservants.”28
  14. ¶ And Boʹaz proceeded to say to her at mealtime: “Approach here, and you must eat some of the bread29 and dip your piece in the vinegar.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he would hold out roasted grain30 to her and she would eat, so that she was satisfied and yet had something left over.
  15. Then she got up to glean.31 Boʹaz now commanded his young men, saying: “Let her glean also among the cut-off ears of grain, and YOU must not molest32 her.
  16. And YOU should also be sure to pull out some from the bundles of ears for her, and YOU must leave them behind that she may glean them,33 and YOU must not rebuke her.”
  17. ¶ And she continued to glean in the field until the evening,34 after which she beat out35 what she had gleaned, and it came to be about an eʹphah[d]36 of barley.
  18. Then she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law got to see[e] what she had gleaned. After that she took out what food she had left over37 when she had satisfied herself and gave it to her.
  19. ¶ Her mother-in-law now said to her: “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? May the one who took notice of you become blessed.”38 So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked; and she went on to say: “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boʹaz.”
  20. At that Naʹo·mi said to her daughter-in-law: “Blessed be he of Jehovah,39 who has not left his loving-kindness40 toward the living and the dead.”41 And Naʹo·mi went on to say to her: “The man is related to us.42 He is one of our repurchasers.”[f]43
  21. Then Ruth the Moʹab·i·tess said: “He also said to me, ‘Close by the young people that are mine is where you should keep until they have finished the entire harvest that I have.’”44
  22. So Naʹo·mi45 said to Ruth her daughter-in-law:46 “It is better, my daughter, that you should go out with his young women, that they may not annoy you in another field.”47
  23. ¶ And she continued to keep close by the young women of Boʹaz to glean until the harvest of the barley48 and the harvest of the wheat came to an end. And she kept on dwelling with her mother-in-law.49

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “acquaintance.”
  2. ^ Possibly meaning “In Strength.”
  3. ^ Lit., “spoken to the heart of.”
  4. ^ About 22 L (20 dry qt).
  5. ^ “And her mother-in-law got to see,” MLXX; SyVg, “and showed her mother-in-law.”
  6. ^ Or, “one of our kinsmen with the right to repurchase (redeem).” Heb., mig·go·ʼaleʹnu, sing.; pl. in several Heb. mss.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ru 3:2, 12
  2. ^ De 8:18
  3. ^ Ru 4:21; 1Ch 2:11; Mt 1:5; Lu 3:32
  4. ^ Le 19:9; 23:22; De 24:19
  5. ^ 2Th 3:10
  6. ^ Ru 2:20; Pr 16:9
  7. ^ Ru 1:2
  8. ^ Jg 6:12; 2Ti 4:22
  9. ^ Nu 6:24
  10. ^ Ru 2:1; 4:21; 1Ch 2:11
  11. ^ Ru 1:4
  12. ^ Ru 1:16, 22
  13. ^ Le 23:22; Ru 2:2
  14. ^ Pr 13:4; 31:27, 31; 1Th 4:11
  15. ^ Pr 28:27; 1Ti 6:18
  16. ^ Ru 2:22
  17. ^ 1Ti 5:2
  18. ^ Pr 11:25; Jm 1:27
  19. ^ 1Sa 25:23
  20. ^ Ex 22:21; 23:9; Le 19:34
  21. ^ Pr 31:31
  22. ^ Ru 1:14, 16
  23. ^ Ps 45:10
  24. ^ 1Sa 24:19; Jb 34:11; Pr 28:20; Heb 6:10
  25. ^ Ru 4:11, 17; Ps 20:5; Mt 1:5, 16; Heb 11:6
  26. ^ Ps 17:8; 36:7; 57:1; 63:7; 91:4
  27. ^ Ge 50:21
  28. ^ 1Sa 25:41; Pp 2:3
  29. ^ Ps 112:9; Pr 22:9; Is 58:7; Eze 18:7
  30. ^ 1Sa 17:17; 25:18; 2Sa 17:28
  31. ^ Le 19:9; Ru 2:2
  32. ^ Ru 2:9; 1Ti 5:2
  33. ^ Pr 14:21; 19:17; Ac 20:35
  34. ^ Ru 2:7; Pr 31:27
  35. ^ Is 28:27
  36. ^ Ex 16:36; Eze 45:11
  37. ^ Ru 2:14; Jn 6:12; 1Ti 5:4
  38. ^ Ps 41:1
  39. ^ Ru 2:4; 3:10; 2Sa 2:5
  40. ^ Ex 34:6; Ru 1:8; Ps 36:7; 62:12; La 3:22
  41. ^ Ru 1:8
  42. ^ Ru 2:1
  43. ^ Le 25:25; De 25:5; Ru 3:9, 12; Eph 1:7; Heb 2:14
  44. ^ Ru 2:8
  45. ^ Ru 1:2
  46. ^ Ru 1:4
  47. ^ Jb 12:12; Pr 12:15; 1Co 15:33; Ti 2:3
  48. ^ Ru 1:22
  49. ^ Ru 1:14, 16; 3:11

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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