Ruth 2:22 - The Scriptures 1998

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² 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

²² 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)

²² 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

²² 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

²² 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."

Ruth 2:22 Cross References

Proverbs 27:10

Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, And do not go into your brother’s house In the day of your calamity – Better is a neighbour nearby than a brother far away.

Song of Solomon 1:8

If you do not know, O fairest among women, Go in the footsteps of the flock, And feed your little goats beside the shepherds’ dwellings.

Mark 14:66

And as Kĕ

Ruth 2:21

And Ruth the Mo’aḇ

Ruth 2:23

And she stayed close by the young women of Boʽ