Ruth 2:10 - The Scriptures 1998

And she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favour in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, seeing I am a foreigner?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in your eyes that you should notice me, when I am a foreigner?

American Standard Version (1901)

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found favor in thy sight, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?

Common English Bible

Then she bowed down, face to the ground, and replied to him, “How is it that I’ve found favor in your eyes, that you notice me? I’m an immigrant.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

She, falling on her face and paying homage on the ground, said to him: "How did this happen to me, that I should find favor before your eyes, and that you would condescend to accept me, a foreign woman?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

She fell on her face and worshipping upon the ground said to him: Whence cometh this to me, that I should find grace before thy eyes, and that thou shouldst vouchsafe to take notice of me a woman of another country?

Ruth 2:10 Cross References

Genesis 18:2

So he lifted his eyes and looked, and saw three men standing opposite him. And when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,

2 Samuel 19:28

“For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my master the sovereign. Yet you set your servant among those who eat at your own table. Therefore what right have I still to cry out any more to the sovereign?”

2 Samuel 7:18

And Sovereign Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 9:8

And he bowed himself and said, “What is your servant, that you should turn to such a dead dog as I?”

Leviticus 19:34

‘Let the stranger who dwells among you be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself. For you were strangers in the land of Mitsrayim. I am יהוה  your Elohim.

Matthew 25:35

for I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

Luke 1:43

“And who am I, that the mother of my Master should come to me?

Luke 1:48

“Because He looked on the humiliation of His female servant. For look, from now on all generations shall call me blessed.

Romans 12:10

In brotherly love, tenderly loving towards one another, in appreciation, giving preference to each other;

Ruth 2:11

And Boʽ

Ruth 2:13

And she said, “Let me find favour in your eyes, my master, because you have comforted me, and have spoken to the heart of your female servant, though I am not like one of your female servants.”

Ruth 2:19

Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where have you gleaned today? And where did you work? Blessed be the one who took notice of you.” And she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The name of the man I worked today with is Boʽ

Ruth 2:2

And Ruth, the Mo’aḇ

Ruth 2:9

“Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and you shall go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.”

1 Samuel 25:23

And Aḇ