Catholic Public Domain Version
"and purposely let fall some from your bundles, and allow them to remain, so that she may gather without blushing, and let no one rebuke her gathering.” "
— Ruth 2:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.”
“And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not. ”
“Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don't rebuke her."”
“Make sure you pull out ears of grain for her and drop them so she can gather them up. Don’t tell her not to!””
“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.”
“And let some heads of grain be pulled out of what has been corded up, and dropped for her to take, and let no sharp word be said to her.”
“And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.”
She said, “I have found favor before your eyes, my lord, who has consoled me, and you have spoken to the heart of your handmaid, who is unlike one of your young women.”
And Boaz said to her, “When mealtime begins, come here, and eat bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” And so she sat beside the reapers, and she piled up parched grain for herself, and she ate and was satisfied, and carried off the leftovers.
And then she arose from there, so as to gather the ears of grain, according to the custom. But Boaz commanded his servants, saying, “If she is even willing to reap with you, do not prevent her,
and purposely let fall some from your bundles, and allow them to remain, so that she may gather without blushing, and let no one rebuke her gathering.”
And so she gathered in the field until evening. And striking and threshing with a staff what she had gathered, she found about the measure of an ephah of barley, that is, three measures.
Carrying this, she returned into the city and showed it to her mother-in-law. Moreover, she offered it to her and even gave her the leftovers of her food, with which she had been satisfied.
And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gathered today, and where have you found work? Blessed is he who took pity on you!” And she informed her with whom she had been working, and she said the man’s name, that he was called Boaz.