Ruth 2:23

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.”

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BSBPD

“So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And she cleaveth to the young women of Boaz to glean, till the completion of the barley-harvest, and of the wheat-harvest, and she dwelleth with her mother-in-law.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ruth 2:23 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 16:9You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.
  2. Ruth 1:22So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
  3. Proverbs 6:6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
  4. Proverbs 13:1A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
  5. Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
  6. 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
  7. Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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