The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe and the flax was budding,
Ruth 2:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Ruth stayed close to Boaz’s female servants and gathered corn until the barley and the wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So she kept close to the maids of Booz: and continued to glean with them, till all the barley and the wheat were laid up in the barns. |
The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe and the flax was budding,
A wise son responds to his father’s discipline, but a mocker doesn’t listen to rebuke.
The one who walks with the wise will become wise, but a companion of fools will suffer harm.
While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the high priest’s maidservants came.
‘You are to count seven weeks, counting the weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing corn.
So Naomi came back from the territory of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
So Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, ‘My daughter, it is good for you to work with his female servants, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.’
Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, ‘My daughter, shouldn’t I find rest for you, so that you will be taken care of?