The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
Ruth 2:23 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) So she kept fast by the maidens of Bo`az, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; 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 struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.
One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
As Kefa was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the Kohen Gadol came,
Seven weeks shall you number to you: from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain shall you begin to number seven weeks.
So Na`omi 1 returned, and Rut the Mo'avite, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Mo'av: and they came to Beit-Lechem in the beginning of barley harvest.
Na`omi 1 said to Rut her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, and that they not meet you in any other field.
Na`omi 1 her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?