Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
Ruth 2:22 - Y'all Version Bible Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, so that you do not meet harm in another field.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And her mother-in-law said to her: It is better for thee, my daughter, to go out to reap with his maids, lest in another man's field some one may resist thee. |
Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came
Ruth the Moabite said, “Yes, he said to me, ‘You should stay close to my servants until they have finished all my harvest.’”
So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley and wheat harvests, and she lived with her mother-in-law.