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.


In Context

13 And she said: I have found grace in thy eyes, my lord, who hast comforted me and hast spoken to the heart of thy handmaid, who am not like to one of thy maids.

14 And Booz said to her: At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. So she sat at the side of the reapers, and she heaped to herself frumenty, and ate and was filled, and took the leavings.

15 And she arose from thence, to glean the ears of corn as before. And Booz commanded his servants, saying: If she would even reap with you, hinder her not:

16 And 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.

17 She gleaned therefore in the field till evening: and beating out with a rod and threshing what she had gleaned, she found about the measure of an ephi of barley, that is, three bushels:

18 Which she took up and returned into the city, and shewed it to her mother in law: moreover she brought out, and gave her of the remains of her meat, wherewith she had been filled.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16And 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.

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.