Ruth 2:9 - The Scriptures 1998

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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Watch which field they reap, and follow them. Have I not charged the young men not to molest you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

Common English Bible

⁹ Keep your eyes on the field that they are harvesting and go along after them. I’ve ordered the young men not to assault you. Whenever you are thirsty, go to the jugs and drink from what the young men have filled.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ and follow where they reap. For I given orders to my young men, so that no one is to harass you. And so, whenever you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink from the waters that the young men also drink."

Ruth 2:9 Cross References

Genesis 20:6

And Elohim said to him in a dream, “Yea, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart, and so I kept you from sinning against Me. For this reason I did not let you touch her.

Job 19:21

Show favour to me, show favour to me, O you my friends, for the hand of Eloah has struck me!

Psalm 105:15

Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no evil.”

Proverbs 6:29

So is he who goes in to his neighbour’s wife; None who touches her goes unpunished.

Matthew 10:42

“And whoever gives one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a taught one, truly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.”

1 Corinthians 7:1

And concerning the matters you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 John 5:18

We know that everyone having been born of Elohim does not sin, but the one having been born of Elohim guards himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

Ruth 2:10

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?”

Ruth 2:8

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