Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend, and don’t go to your brother’s house in your time of calamity; better a neighbour nearby than a brother far away.
Ruth 2:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, ‘My daughter, it is good for you to work with his female servants, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Naomi said to Ruth, It is good, my daughter, for you to go out with his maidens, lest in any other field you be molested. American Standard Version (1901) And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, and that they meet thee not in any other field. Common English Bible Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It’s good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, so that men don’t assault you in another field.” Catholic Public Domain Version And her mother-in-law said to her, "It is better, my daughter, to go out reaping with his young women, lest in a stranger's field someone may confront you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And her mother-in-law said to her: It is better for thee, my daughter, to go out to reap with his maids, lest in another man's field some one may resist thee. |
Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend, and don’t go to your brother’s house in your time of calamity; better a neighbour nearby than a brother far away.
If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats near the shepherds’ tents.
While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the high priest’s maidservants came.
Ruth the Moabitess said, ‘He also told me, “Stay with my young men until they have finished all of my harvest.” ’
Ruth stayed close to Boaz’s female servants and gathered corn until the barley and the wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.