NET Bible
"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!”"
— Ruth 2:16, NET Bible
“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."”
“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,“You really are being kind to me, sir, for you have reassured and encouraged me, your servant, even though I will never be like one of your servants!”
Later during the mealtime Boaz said to her,“Come here and have some food! Dip your bread in the vinegar!” So she sat down beside the harvesters. Then he handed her some roasted grain. She ate until she was full and saved the rest.
When she got up to gather grain, Boaz told his male servants,“Let her gather grain even among the bundles! Don’t chase her off!
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!”
So she gathered grain in the field until evening. When she threshed what she had gathered, it came to about thirty pounds of barley!
Ruth Returns to Naomi She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much grain she had gathered. Then Ruth gave her the roasted grain she had saved from mealtime.
Her mother-in-law asked her,“Where did you gather grain today? Where did you work? May the one who took notice of you be rewarded!” So Ruth told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked. She said,“The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.”