Ruth 2:21 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRuth 2:21 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַתֹּ֖אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
ר֣וּת
Rûwth
H7327
Ruth
הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֑ה
Môwʼâbîy
H4125
Moabite
גַּ֣ם
gam
H1571
also
כִּי
kîy
H3588
that
אָמַ֣ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵלַ֗י
ʼêl
H413
to
עִם
ʻim
H5973
with
הַנְּעָרִ֤ים
naʻar
H5288
boy
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לִי֙
תִּדְבָּקִ֔ין
dâbaq
H1692
to cleave
עַ֣ד
ʻad
H5704
until
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
כִּלּ֔וּ
kâlâh
H3615
to finish
אֵ֥ת
ʼêth
H853
-
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הַקָּצִ֖יר
qâtsîyr
H7105
harvest
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לִֽי
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World English Bible Public Domain
Ruth the Moabitess said, Yes, he said to me, You shall keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Ruth the Moabite woman said, “In addition, he said to me, ‘You should keep close by the servants who belong to me until the time when they have finished all of the harvest that belongs to me.’”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).