Ruth 2:22 · KJV
“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. {meet...: or, fall upon thee}”
— Ruth 2:22
And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
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.
Ruth 2 — Context
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed {be} he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man {is} near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. {one of...: or, one that hath right to redeem}
21And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
22And 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. {meet...: or, fall upon thee}
23So 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.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 1:8
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Proverbs 27:10
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: {for} better {is} a neighbour {that is} near than a brother far off.