Ruth 2:16

16 Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke her.”

Ruth 2:16 in Other Translations

16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

16 And also pull out some from the bundles for her and leave it for her to glean, and do not rebuke her."

16 And pull out some heads of barley from the bundles and drop them on purpose for her. Let her pick them up, and don’t give her a hard time!”

16 Better yet, pull some of the good stuff out and leave it for her to glean. Give her special treatment."

16 And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.

16 Even pull some grain out of the bundles and leave it for her to gather. Don't give her a hard time about it."

16 Pull out [some] stalks from the bundles for her and leave [them] for her to gather. Don't rebuke her."

16 Instead, pull some stalks out for her. Leave them for her to pick up. Don't tell her she shouldn't do it."

Ruth 2:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 2:16

And let fall some of the handfuls on purpose for her
That is, when they had reaped an handful, instead of laying it in its proper order, to be taken up by those that gathered after them, or by themselves, in order to be bound up in sheaves, scatter it about, or let it fall where they reaped it:

and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not
for taking them, as if she did a wrong thing.

Ruth 2:16 In-Context

14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.” When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over.

15 As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves and don’t reprimand her.

16 Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke her.”

17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.

18 She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 37:10