16And ye shall also sometimes draw out for her some ears out of the handfuls, and leave them that she may glean, and rebuke her not.


In Context

13 And she said, Let me find favour in thine eyes, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid, though I am not like one of thy handmaidens.

14 And Boaz said to her at mealtime, Come hither and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers; and he reached her parched corn, and she ate and was sufficed, and reserved some.

15 And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and ye shall not reproach her.

16 And ye shall also sometimes draw out for her some ears out of the handfuls, and leave them that she may glean, and rebuke her not.

17 And she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out what she had gleaned; and it was about an ephah of barley.

18 And she took it up, and came into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned; and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had reserved after she was sufficed.

Ruth 2:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Rather, pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don't rebuke her."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And let fall also [some] of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave [them,] that she may glean [them,] and rebuke her not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And let fall some of your handfuls of purpose, and leave them, that she may gather them without shame, and let no man rebuke her when she gathereth them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don't rebuke her.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16and also ye do surely cast to her of the handfuls — and have left, and she hath gleaned, and ye do not push against her.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.