Ruth 2:13 - The Scriptures 1998

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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord. For you have comforted me and have spoken to the heart of your maidservant, though I am not as one of your maidservants.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly unto thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens.

Common English Bible

¹³ She said, “May I continue to find favor in your eyes, sir, because you’ve comforted me and because you’ve spoken kindly to your female servant—even though I’m not one of your female servants.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ She said, "I have found favor before your eyes, my lord, who has consoled me, and you have spoken to the heart of your handmaid, who is unlike one of your young women."

Ruth 2:13 Cross References

Genesis 32:6

So the messengers returned to Yaʽ

Genesis 33:10

And Yaʽ

Genesis 33:15

And Ě

Genesis 33:8

Then Ě

Genesis 34:3

And his being clung to Dinah the daughter of Yaʽ

Genesis 43:14

“And Ě

2 Samuel 16:4

And the sovereign said to Tsiḇ

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of יהוה  is the discipline of wisdom, And before esteem is humility.

Hosea 2:16

“And it shall be, in that day,” declares יהוה, “that you call Me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘My Baʽ

Philippians 2:3

doing none at all through selfishness or self-conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

Judges 19:3

And her husband arose and went after her, to speak to her heart and bring her back, having his servant and a couple of donkeys with him. And she brought him into her father’s house. And the father of the young woman saw him, and he was glad to meet him.

Ruth 2:12

“יהוה  repay your work, and your reward is complete from יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Ruth 2:14

And Boʽ

1 Samuel 1:18

And she said, “Let your female servant find favour in your eyes.” And the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no more sad.

1 Samuel 25:41

And she arose, bowed her face to the earth, and said, “Here is your female servant, a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my master.”