Ruth 2:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ So she stayed close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests, and she lived with her mother-in-law.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ So she kept close to the maidens of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ 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.

Common English Bible

²³ Thus she stayed with Boaz’s young women, gleaning until the completion of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And so, she joined with the young women of Boaz, and from then on reaped with them, until the barley and the wheat were stored in the barns.

Ruth 2:23 Cross References

Proverbs 13:20

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise child loves discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Deuteronomy 16:9

“You shall count seven weeks; begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Mark 14:66

While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the female servants of the high priest came by.

Exodus 9:31

(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

Ruth 2:22

Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, “It is better, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, otherwise someone might bother you in another field.”

Ruth 3:1

Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, I need to seek some security for you, so that it may be well with you.

Ruth 1:22

So Naomi returned together with Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, who came back with her from the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.